Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Nutrition and Metabolism for Public Health Nutrition Professionals

Course Description

This course enables students to integrate knowledge of human nutrition metabolism, biochemistry, molecular biology and physiology within the context of public health nutrition practice. Students will review and update their understanding of macro and micronutrient metabolism and apply this understanding to current public health nutrition issues. The course will emphasize retrieval and assessment of nutrition information, organization of nutrition concepts and interpretation of research findings with a view to informing public health nutrition practice.

Course Objectives

On completion of the course students will be able to:

1. 1. Organize concepts in nutrition, biochemistry, molecular biology and human physiology into a holistic view of human metabolism.
   2. Recognize the biological mechanisms underpinning nutrition recommendations and practices, related to health maintenance and disease prevention.
   3. Interpret research data and identify the strengths and limitations of current scientific knowledge on topics relevant to public health nutrition.