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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
EIT Food and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
This online course explored the relationship between nutrition, health and sustainability. It covered topics including sustainable nutrition and health, diets and dietary trends, nutrition through life, as well as the relationship between food and disease.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Maarten van der Kamp
Director of Education
EIT Food
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect on the possible causes (biological, social, psychological) of unhealthy eating patterns
- Assess the current healthy guidelines and describe how they can be applied to different population groups
- Describe which types of foods are essential for health and wellbeing and summarise their important role in treating/preventing disease
- Describe the causes of unsustainable food production and consumption patterns
- Explain the effects of food on the body, society and the planet and compare their impacts on healthcare practices
- Explain the relationship between food, nutrition, diets and human health in the context of sustainability
Syllabus
- Sustainable nutrition and health
- Diets and dietary trends
- Nutrition through life
- The relationship between food and disease
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and eating patterns
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Issued on 8th August 2021
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