Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Food as Medicine: Food and our Genome
Monash University
This course explored food and genetics, the human genome and the ethical issues surrounding genetic healthcare. The course covered topics including the main factors of the human genome, how genetics can affect nutritional requirements, the impact of nutrients on genetic activity, and the ethical, legal and social issues associated with nutrigenetic testing.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Helen Truby
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Monash University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the main factors of the human genome and how genetics can affect nutritional requirements
- Explain and provide examples of how nutrients can affect the activity of genes
- Identify ethical, legal and social issues associated with nutrigenetic testing and discuss how these may affect healthcare practice
- Discuss with patients in basic terms how food, nutrition, genes and health interact
- Apply NHMRC "Discussing Direct-to-Consumer Genetic DNA Testing…" documentation to identify situations where gene testing may/may not be appropriate in the GP setting (Learning Based Outcome)
Syllabus
- Genetics
- Nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics and epigenetics
- Nutrient regulated gene expression
- Nutritional genomics and healthcare practice
- Challenges for healthcare professionals
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Issued on 29th April 2019
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