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Food Safety and Nutrition: A Global Approach to Public Health by Futurelearn
Understand global food security issues and learn about research designed to tackle food safety and nutrition challenges.
Course Highlights
- Identify common key food safety issues and their prevalence globally
- Describe the impact of climate, population and industrial change on current and future food safety
- Explain the common characteristics, assessment methods and impact associated with food scares, scandals and chronic exposures
- Engage with research into mitigating the risks of food safety issues and debate a topical food safety issue
- Identify the relationship between macronutrient and micronutrient intake and health
- Discuss nutritional challenges and identify those relevant in your own context
- Engage with current research into developing sustainable and innovative approaches to meeting global nutrient needs
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
3 Topics
How do we keep the world’s food safe?
How do we define nutrients and nutrient requirements?
How are food safety and nutrition connected?
3 Topics
What are the global challenges to food safety?
Global food scares and scandals
Hidden global challenges and chronic exposures
3 Topics
What are the global challenges in food and health?
Macronutrients: A question of quality and balance
Micronutrient deficiency: Solutions to a global challenge
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Food Safety and Nutrition: A Global Approach to Public Health
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