Why study public health nutrition?
There is increasing community interest in nutrition and health and a growing demand for specialists in these fields. Malnutrition and diet-related non-communicable diseases are rising globally. Public health nutrition encompasses some of the most critically important - and hotly debated - issues affecting modern society, including world hunger and malnutrition, obesity and non-communicable diseases, the “double-burden” of malnutrition, food safety, food security and the globalization of food. Nutrition professionals help individuals and the public make better informed choices about food and help to improve wellbeing and health.
What does the course entail?
This interactive programme aims to provide comprehensive training in public health nutrition and to give you a solid grounding in the knowledge and skills that are required to work as a public health nutritionist. It offers students an in-depth education in human nutrition covering the underlying principles and evidence base, concepts and theories of nutrition in relation to public health practice and how nutrition and health or ill health relates. It is an integrated programme covering dietary, public health, social, behavioural, epidemiological, physiological and biochemical aspects of nutritional science. Specialist topics include maternal and child nutrition, geriatric nutrition, nutrition in emergencies, nutrition programme planning, nutrition in health and ill-
health, evaluation and monitoring, nutritional epidemiology and nutritional related chronic diseases.
What are the career prospects for a Public Health Nutritionist?
The study of Public Health Nutrition will provide a solid academic and practical training for a variety of careers in health service, clinical setting, research, policy and advocacy institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations and across the agri-food value chain from production, processing, packaging, distribution and retail and most importantly in private practice, entrepreneurship and job creation.
(both regular and sandwich)