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Deakin University - Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition 

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Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

8,814

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition
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Course details

More about this course
  • Poor diet and poor mental health are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. We now know that diet quality is a modifiable factor that is linked to mental and brain health across all stages of our lives.
  • We will explore how our daily diets may affect our mental and brain health, including the role of our immune system and gut microbiome.
  • The course will provide research evidence, practical examples, skills development, and collaboration on dietary intake assessment, strategies and resource sharing for dietary change.

Food and Mood: Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition
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Curriculum

Diet and nutrition in mental and brain health

Welcome to Food and Mood

Defining diet and mental health

Why we eat what we eat

Weekly wrap up

Understanding the mechanisms

Welcome to Week 2

Mechanisms of action

Dietary intake and gut health: what is the evidence?

Weekly wrap up

Changing the diet to manage mental health

Welcome to Week 3

Modified Mediterranean diet for mental and brain health

Planning and implementing dietary change

Course wrap up

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