UPLB Institute of Human Nutrition and Food (IHNF)

The Institute of Human Nutrition and Food (IHNF) can trace its roots from the Department of Home Technology (DHT), which was established at the UP College of Agriculture (UPCA) in 1951. Food and Nutrition was already a well-defined area in the 1950’s. The DHT was then elevated to Institute of Human Ecology on November 28, 1974 and became the 9th unit of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). It was organized along the five operational areas and one of which is Department of Human Nutrition and Food (DHNF). From rural home economics, the Institute of Human Ecology expanded to cover broader areas of Human Ecology in response to the improvement of life through the enhancement of both the immediate and larger environment, which led to its elevation and later became the College of Human Ecology (CHE). After the establishment of CHE, the DHNF was also elevated to Institute of Human Nutrition and Food (IHNF) on May 19, 1988.