Nutrition engineer Dear Sir:

into a round hole. Although most nutritionists received good sound training in the nutritional sciences, we did not receive much in program planning and other skills necessary for effective program implementation. I spent a good number ofyears learn-ing implementation while on the job. There are a good number of success stories on how to do it from which some general principles can now be drawn and built into nutrition training programs. Berg’s commentary has made an important contribution to the debate and the soul searching that must take place urgently within the nutrition community. Nutrition has received a much-needed shot in the arm with the World Declaration and Plan of Action for Nutrition. What hope do we have in meeting this challenge ifwe do not develop human resources that have the appropriate orientation and ca-pacity to meet this challenge