Nutrition Policy, Systems, Environments: A Leadership Perspective

Catalog description

This course will take an individual + policy, systems, and environmental (I+PSE) approach to examining nutrition-related public health issues. Students will learn to assess nutrition policies within the context of the nutrition assistance safety net with the I+PSE lens. Students will explore complex questions about how government has responded to diet-related health problems, the role of government in efforts to facilitate healthy eating, and how to develop and evaluate policy approaches to improve diet quality and reduce the burden of diet-related disease. Leadership competencies will be integrated throughout the course.