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| Subject: Naini Setalvad-A Quack |
| Ms Naini Setalvad overcame a battle with obesity. Now there is a good thing about it and a bad thing. Good thing- She is motivating others with her sob story. Showing them that they too can lose weight. Bad thing- She got so caught up in her life long obsession with losing her weight that she went ahead and got herself some certificates in nutrition from some unrecognised institute offering correspondence courses (and there are hundred such institutes in india). Now whats bad about that? Not only is this institute unrecognised, it also hands over nutrition certificates/diplomas to individuals without any science/nutrition background. Now with these piddly certificates in her possession, Ms Naini Setalvad has gone ahead and opened her NUTRITION CONSULTANCY and is actually consulting people. Now this is not done? Why? Nutrition being a technical field requires a bachelors and masters degree in dietetics. Ms Naini Setalvad has none. Her advice to people can endanger their health. Many people like her, who are unqualified and yet advice ppl on nutrition have spoilt their clients health. Case in point-Rama Bans, a fitness instructor, whose advice to a client to eat only sprouts gave the client a case of kidney stones. Second case-Anjali Mukherjee, a hotel management graduate, whose `nutrition advice to a client made them loose their hair. Anjali Mukherjee also has a zillion of client complaints against her. But thats another story. The sad part is Ms Naini Setalvad is making use of her struggle with weight as a highlight and marketing it as a qualification. Its like a cancer survivor opening a clinic and calling herself an oncologist (doctor specialised in treating cancer). Just because she survived cancer doesnt make her a doctor, does it? Just because Naini Setalvad lost an elephantine amount of weight doesnt make her a dietitian or nutritionist. |
| Posted by: Mayank on 16 Sep. 2009 |
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