Nutrition education is crucial in helping health practitioners and lifestyle specialists provide sound nutritional advice to their patients and clients. This eight-week course offers a foundation in nutrition science, and explores how it relates to health for different individuals within the varying contexts of human development. By exploring case studies you’ll learn how to interpret and apply nutritional research, and gain the skills to make more informed nutritional assessments and dietary analyses.
What you will learn
Understand classes of nutrients, including the role of micronutrients and macronutrients in the body
Identify the foundational science underlying nutrition and the politics involved in establishing nutritional guidelines
Critique the validity of food and nutrition claims