History

While the Center for Nutrition and Diabetes Management was established in 2007 at the Wescott Medical Arts Center, our beginnings go back to 1972. A grant from UMDNJ's Office of Consumer Education helped establish the hospital's Department of Patient and Community Health Education which was staffed by registered nurses. Diabetes was one of 12 health education programs provided to inpatients and the community. Around 1990 the office was renamed the Health Education Department with a focus on diabetes management. Medical Nutrition Therapy was added to the services and the staff expanded to include registered nutritionists. The Center for Nutrition and Diabetes Management responds to the nutritional and diabetes needs of the community.

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