Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Nutrition Science: Food Choice and Behaviour
This course gave theoretical and applied insight to factors that influence eating as a form of behaviour, and how food choice impacts on health, environment, and economy. You explored the psychology of eating and how these impact on determinants of eating with relevance for the food/beverage sector. You gained introductory knowledge on how to use evidence-based information to assess the impact of food choice on health. Theories of behaviour change were discussed.
4 weeks, 5 hours per week
Alexandra Johnstone
Professor in Human Nutrition
University of Aberdeen
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the relationship between diet and health and the role of the food sector within this complex system
- Explain how to use evidence-based information to assess the impact of food choice on health, environment, and economy
- Describe key factors that influence food choice and eating behaviour
- Discuss the psychology of eating behaviour and how this is applies to consumer behaviour.
- Reflect on learning to discuss a relevant food/beverage example in the food sector, on how an individual food choice or companies food strategy can impact on health, environment, or economy to improve health and reduce risk of a non-communicable disease.
Syllabus
- Eating as a behaviour: impacts on health, environment, and economy
- Psychology of food choice
- Determinants of eating
- Behaviour change: from theory to evidence
Issued on 27th October 2022
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