Improving Health Through Nutrition (OPEN UNI)

Prerequisites and co-requisites none

Recommended optional programme components The course is an independent entity and does not requireadditional studies carried out at the same time.

Upon completing the course, the student:

• Knows the principles of health-promoting nutrition and can apply them in teaching different age groups
• Understand the psychological, social and economic individual and societal factors related to eating and nutrition
• Knows the principles of prevention and nutritional treatment of the most common nutritional and public health problems
• Knows the special features of the most common special diets and knows the special issues of nutrition related to the present
• Understand the environmental meanings related to nutrition and relate them to health-promoting food choices
• Understands the importance of health education literacy and media criticality in processing nutrition-related information and maintaining one's own expertise
• Knows where to look for reliable additional information and discusses nutrition-related questions with justification

Self-pased The course does not include scheduled teaching, but the assignments have designated deadlines that must be met during the course.

The materials and possible book recommendations will be shared on the course platform in Moodle.

The course is completed through independent learning assignments, instructional videos, participation in group discussions, and online coursework.

The course utilizes verbal grading scale Pass/Incomplete.

Timing The course is held in the spring semester

Target group Open university students, school teachers and subject teachers,health care professionals, minor subject students in allfaculties