Diätetik als Forderung an die Gesundheitspolitik

Journal/Book: Ärztezeitschrift für Naturheilverfahren. 1993; 34/11: 895-898.

Abstract: Subject and purpose of hippocratic dietetics in the sense of a comprehensive life philosophy are hardly existing today. It was of decisive importance in hippocratic medicine and it has played an important part throughout the Arabic-Latin Middle Ages up to modern times. It is the purpose of traditional dietetics to promote the efforts of the individual to organize the own existence and the own hygiene of life by personal activities. Health care will find its basis here. When looking for future oriented prospects for medicine Public Health and health policy, a revival of dietetics coming from hippocratic medical art may present itself as a possible solution. Naturopaths should take this into consideration above all, traditional naturopathy such as alimentary therapy, respiration therapy, kinesitherapy, hydrotherapy, and different relaxation therapies being united under the term of traditional dietetics.The demand is to be made to health policy to incorporate traditional dietetics as a compulsory subject in the education of doctors and to teach hygienics at schools and evening colleges an the basis of traditional dietetics.

Keyword(s): Diätetik

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