This course aims to provide the understanding of how nutrition advances are made and a view of the relationship between diet, nutrition and disease in detail. It also introduces the role of nutrition in global health. There is now a large body of evidence demonstrating that the satisfaction of nutritional needs is mandatory to human life. This course includes the dietary causes of chronic diseases related to lifestyle, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. The course covers the methodology used to determine dietary, nutritional and health status and how evidence is gathered to determine the links between diet, nutrition and health.

CILO-1: Describe the role of nutrition in health maintenance and disease. CILO-2: Recognize how evidence for the relationship between diet, nutrition and disease is obtained. CILO-3: Illustrate the relationship of diet and nutrition to specific diseases. CILO-4: Apply dietary, energy and physical assessment methodologies. CILO-5: Identify and describe the role of nutrition in global health.