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Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines 

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

8,814

Mode of learning

Online

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Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 2 hours
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Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines
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Course details

Skills you will learn
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  • Due to conflicting messages from the media, it's becoming harder to know what to believe when it comes to following a healthy diet and lifestyle.
  • On this course, you'll compare how nutrition and health topics are handled by the media and science.
  • You'll be encouraged to think critically about the information behind media headlines and come to your own conclusions about what's good for you.
  • You'll explore the psychology of why we're easily influenced by headlines and learn about different types of biases, like confirmatory and availability bias.
  • You'll also learn how to find reliable information online and identify unreliable health studies.

Food and Nutrition: The Truth Behind Food Headlines
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Curriculum

What's behind a headline

Welcome

How do we interpret headlines?

How do journalists produce their news?

How is scientific credibility established?

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Influence and interpretation

Welcome to Week 2

What bias do readers bring?

The statistics behind a headline

How do you read a scientific paper?

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Trust

Welcome to Week 3

How do you find reliable information?

How do you check if an article is credible?

How is a scientific study published?

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