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 As
an undergraduate student majoring in nutrition, I would
use the web to find information for my many projects I
was assigned. However, I found it quite frustrating
because I was not very web savvy at the time and rarely
could find content-specific information. Websites seemed
to just cover a broad range of topics, but failed to go
to the depth that I needed. Paying for a premium service
was also out of the question because I had little money
and several school expenses to cover.
Once I entered graduate
school the web replaced my books and became my main
source of information for class-work and projects. At
this level of education, I soon realized that the need
for content-specific information was essential. I needed
to get to it fast and needed it to be organized. As my
web skills improved, I started to stumble upon some
really useful websites and began building a collection.
I also started to keep track of the projects and
assignments I had done in the past for my classes. What
I found was a hefty pile in My Documents folder of
things I forgot about completely, but later became
useful with some of the new projects or jobs I had done.
What caused me to
develop the Nutrition and Food Web Archive (NAFWA) was
my willingness to help others and to provide useful and
scientifically-relevant resources in one place. I wanted
to develop a community environment where individuals who
share the same interest can find information and share
resources. Nutrition is a very demanding field and our
job roles are not always clearly defined. We must use
sound judgment and relay messages that are
scientifically valid to a population that may not have
the background we have. Maintaining these standards is
essential for others to view our profession as a
respectable one and to keep it respectable within
itself.
I will continue to
improve NAFWA so that it is a more user-friendly
website. If you have any suggestions or comments, or
would like to contribute to the growth of NAFWA, please
email me at
christheberge@nafwa.org.
Be Healthy,
Christopher Theberge,
RD, LDN
2008/2009
Promise Yourself
To be so strong that
nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and
prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel
that there is something special in them.
To look at the sunny side of
everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to
work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about
the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the
past and press on to the greater achievements of the
future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at
all times and give every living creature you meet a
smile.
To give so much time to the
improvement of yourself that you have no time to
criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too
noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy
to permit the presence of trouble.
~ Christian D Larson
Your
Forces and How to Use Them 1912
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