Description
This course will introduce Public Health Nutrition and the role of the Public Health Nutrition professional. Lessons will focus on identifying and understanding strategies for preventing nutrition-related disease and improving the health of populations through modifications to nutritional status. Other topics covered in this course will include: (1) theory and methods used in designing interventions intended to address public health nutrition issues; (2) popular methods for planning public health nutrition programs; and (3) reviews of existing nutrition-related programs and policies, including strengths weaknesses and areas for modification or new interventions.