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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition
Deakin University and Food & Mood Centre
Poor diet and poor mental health are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Diet quality is a key modifiable factor influencing mental and brain health across all life stages. In this course, you investigated the latest research to explore how our diet affects our mental and brain health. You learnt about how our immune system and gut microbiome influence mental health. You also gained practical strategies to optimise diet for mental health and implement dietary change.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Tetyana Rocks
Research Fellow at the Food & Mood Centre
Deakin University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the relationship between diet/nutrition, and mental and brain health
- Explain why diet and nutrition are important for mental and brain health.
- Explore the principles and strategies of dietary change.
Syllabus
- The relationship between diet/nutrition and mental and brain health
- Factors influencing diet, nutrition and mental health
- Dietary styles, behaviours, guidelines and assessment
- The role of inflammation and gut microbiota for mental health
- How diet can be optimised for mental and brain health
Issued on 9th January 2021
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