Public Health Nutrition: Principles to Practice

Catalog description

This course comprehensively explores the intersection between nutrition and public health. It introduces students to the science of nutrition and dietetic practice within community and public health settings, including skill sets and scope of practice found within public health nutrition. Through a structural, social-determinants lens, this course emphasizes the role of nutrition in disease prevention, health promotion, and overall well-being, considering existing and potential health inequities. Students will delve into multidisciplinary aspects of public health nutrition, such as program development and intervention, epidemiology, policy, assessment, and behavior change. Public health nutrition concepts and practices will be discussed in the context of individuals, communities, and populations, and public health nutrition programs and services in the US and globally will be highlighted.