Ronette Lategan-Potgieter

Ronette Lategan-Potgieter is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Stetson University. She holds a PhD, MS, and BS in Dietetics from the University of the Free State, South Africa. Her expertise spans community nutrition, cultural health behaviors, and nutrition's role in optimal human development.

Her research focuses on improving infant and young child nutrition, brain health preservation, and lifelong nutritional strategies. Key areas include caregiver attitudes toward child nutrition, military population obesity prevention, and vitamin supplementation efficacy.

Notable publications address sociodemographic influences on child nutrition practices, pecan production guidelines, and PMTCT program implementation in South Africa. No scientific awards are listed in the provided materials.

Her teaching includes courses like 'Introduction to Nutrition Science' and 'Cross Cultural Aspects of Health Behavior.' No advising or grant information is explicitly detailed in the text.