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Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety 

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Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety
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Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

11,044

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety
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FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 2 hours
  • 100% online Learn at your own pace
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Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety
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FutureLearn 
Course details

Skills you will learn
More about this course
  • What, and how much, we eat has an enormous impact on our health. But, with confusing packaging and news headlines it can be hard to know the nutrition facts and what foods could potentially harm us.
  • On this course, you'll learn the basics of nutrition and how to incorporate a healthy diet as an adult or an older person.
  • You'll also find out about the health problems that can be caused by poor nutritional choices.
  • Finally, you'll learn about food safety, and how to identify harmful food additives and the risks they pose to health.

Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Nutrition and longevity

Introduction to the course

The definition of aging

Life expectancy

Factors influencing aging process and its prevention

Nutrition in adulthood

An overview of nutrition in adulthood

Women health & nutrition

Selected nutrition-related health problems

Pesticide: to use or not to use?

What are pesticides?

Classification of pesticides and residues monitoring

Food adulteration and inspection

Overview of food adulteration

Quality control on foods

Assessment time

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