Wanting to Become the Best Nutrition Consultant, IPB Student Becomes the 3rd Winner in the N2O 2018 Event

A student of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Ni Ketut Susila Dharma Asih, successfully won the 3rd place in the National Nutrition Olympiad (N2O) event. This competition was a series of Sci-Fi Neutron 2018 events from the Department of Professional Education of Indonesian Nutrition Students Association (ILMAGI). This prestigious event was held on 9-11 March 2018, with a selection stage conducted since November 2017. The host for this year was the University of National Development “Veteran” Jakarta.

Sila succeeded to pass a series of selection process and became the winner. "National Nutrition Olympiad is an olympiad activity in the field of nutrition, in which participants are challenged to answer nutrition problems, debate nutrition journals, prepare Nutrition Care Process (NCP) based on a case, and practice nutrition counselling," Sila said.

In NCP preparation selection, Sila was given a case of hypertension with dyslipidemia. Sila then designed nutritional assessments, nutritional diagnoses, and diet plans for patients, namely food menu, amount of energy or nutrient intake, and evaluation monitoring plan as well as nutrition counselling.

"I am very grateful and happy for my results. I will always study and develop myself in order to become one of the best nutrition experts and consultants in Indonesia," she said. Sila hopes that Indonesian people begin to pay attention to the nutritional aspects of daily life to avoid various health problems. (TK)