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Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition

9 Weeks

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Brief Introduction

Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about macronutrients and overnutrition and how they impact humans. This free course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Health.

Description

Food plays a central role in our society but few people actually understand what it does to our bodies. Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This introductory nutrition course addresses the relationship between nutrition and human health with a focus on health problems related to overnutrition.

In this course, Professor Sander Kersten from Wageningen University will introduce you to the chemistry of the three macronutrients fat, carbohydrate and protein. You will learn how macronutrients are absorbed, stored, and metabolized for energy, and you will gain a contemporary view of how different types of fats, carbohydrates and proteins affect human health. Moreover, the course will cover energy homeostasis and the regulation of bodyweight, and provides ample coverage of the topic of obesity. Finally, it will make you familiar with nutritional research and research methodologies.

For whom?

The MOOC Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition is especially useful for health care professionals and people working in the food industry with a non-nutrition background. You will develop a critical mindset by learning to better weigh and interpret information about food, nutrition and health.

This course, is part of the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program of Wageningen University & Research. Did you already complete Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition? That is the other course in the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program. To explore other learning opportunities about nutrition, have a look at the courses:

Knowledge

Introduction to the field of food and nutritionComposition of foods
Basic chemistry of carbohydrates, fat and protein
How macronutrients are absorbed, stored and metabolized
How macronutrients may impact health
How to better weigh and interpret the information overload about nutrition and health

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