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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

MPH 7711 - Nutrition & Public Health

During this course the students will cover the principles of public health nutrition by describing methods used in the assessment of nutrition problems, the development of nutrition-related policies, programs for improving the nutritional and health status of diverse population groups. It emphasizes the distinction between population based and individual based approaches to prevention of diet related conditions, as well as the societal, economic, environmental, and institutional determinants of food intake and nutritional status.