FNH 355: International Nutrition

Conceptualization and scientific analyses of global problems in food and nutrition; complexities of food habits and malnutrition in various cultures around the world.

Learning Goals:

1. Describe basic principles of nutrition and the role of nutrients in health maintenance and disease prevention in various international contexts.
2. Compare and contrast different types of malnutrition and indicate their causes and consequences.
3. Critically analyze the complex factors that affect the nutritional status of individuals and populations and identify and explain immediate, underlying and basic causes of malnutrition.
4. Analyze and discuss current issues in international nutrition.
5. Integrate your learning throughout the course to identify and evaluate possible solutions for ending hunger and malnutrition,for individuals and populations.

Featured Project:

What will you do to stop world hunger?

Proposal

Reflection