0   reviews on edX

Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition

Learn about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they impact human health.
Course from edX
 0 students enrolled
 en
There is an overload of information about nutrition and health, but what is the truth and what can you do to improve the health of your patients? Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This course addresses the relationship between nutrition and human health, with a focus on health problems related to malnutrition. In this course, Professor Sander Kersten from Wageningen University & Research will explain about the micronutrient (vitamins, minerals, and trace elements) content of foods. You will learn about their role in the body and their impact on our health. Moreover, this course will discuss how suboptimal nutrition may affect human health, with particular attention to malnutrition and global hunger. You will learn about strategies to improve and combat these problems of malnutrition. Finally, the course will make you familiar with nutritional research and research methodologies. This course is especially useful for health care professionals and people working in the food industry with a non-nutrition background. You will develop a critical mind set by learning to better weigh and interpret information about food, nutrition and health. to improve overall health This course, is part of the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program of Wageningen University & Research. Did you already complete Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition? That is the first course in the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program. To explore other learning opportunities about nutrition, have a look at the courses Food Risks Human Microbiome Nutrition and Cancer Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes
Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition
Also check at

About

Elektev is on a mission to organize educational content on the Internet and make it easily accessible. Elektev provides users with online course details, reviews and prices on courses aggregated from multiple online education providers.
DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we receive a commission.

SOCIAL NETWORK