Description

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
  • Relate diet to health and disease outcomes
  • Develop a nutrition plan for individuals

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Notes

How you'll learn: 

Every course is broken down into manageable, weekly modules, designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse learning activities: 

  • Work through your downloadable and online instructional material
  • Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly class-wide forums and reviewed small group discussions 
  • Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, infographics, live polls, and more 
  • Investigate rich, real-world case studies
  • Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and ongoing project submissions, culminating in a foundation in nutrition science
Tuition

$2,400 for the duration of the course