The University of Adelaide
- Start Date: 14 Nov, 2022
- 4 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Learn the fundamental concepts of food and nutrition and how this can be used to optimise wellbeing in the health sector.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Discover how food impacts health and wellbeing with the University of Adelaide
On this four week course, you’ll deepen your knowledge of the relationship between food, diet, lifestyle, and health in the context of optimising practices in the health sector.
Examine key concepts in nutrition, from food groups to metabolism and absorption
You’ll take an in-depth look at food composition and nutrients, discovering their principal roles within the body and how this changes throughout a life cycle.
You’ll then investigate digestion, absorption, and metabolism in detail and their effects on energy levels and balance.
Optimise health and wellbeing practices
Blending theory with practice, you’ll link the concepts and theories explored with real-life scenarios, such as informing dietary guidelines and making nutrition calculations.
You’ll learn how to conduct nutrition assessments to help build a complete picture of a person’s health. You’ll investigate health inequities and nutritional challenges, and how these can be addressed.
Contextualising your knowledge by examining practices and guidance from around the world, you’ll learn how to gather evidence based nutrition data and assess its value.
Explore how optimum nutrition can reduce the risk of chronic disease
You’ll investigate health dietary patterns and identify how a poor diet contributes to increased risks of different diseases.
Exploring techniques such as recipe modification, you’ll gain skills in linking healthy eating guidelines, dietary intake, food supply, and disease, as well as developing approaches to guide patients towards healthy food choices.
Equipped with a range of useful techniques and approaches, you’ll finish this course able to deliver practical guidance and advice that will positively impact the health and wellbeing of your patients in the context of your healthcare setting.
This course is designed for health professionals, nutritionists, and food scientists who wish to further their knowledge of nutrition and health eating guidelines in the context of healthcare provision.
It will also benefit those working more broadly in the health sector, food industry, or as food service professionals and educators.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
The University of Adelaide
This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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