HDFS 5002-Special Topics: Public Health Nutrition Through the Lifespan: Concepts and Controversies
This is a Hybrid/Blended Course: Taught mostly online with 3 in-class sessions on Tuesday afternoons in Family Studies Building
In person sessions will be held March 7 and April 4 from 2:15-4:00 and May 2 from 1:30-4:00 (could start later)
Open to graduate students, juniors and seniors. No prerequisites required.
Faculty
Kim M. Gans, Ph.D., MPH, LDN
Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies
Email: Kim.Gans@uconn.edu
Email Dr. Gans for permission code if interested in enrolling.
Course Topics and Description
- Want to understand nutrition issues of your siblings, your friends, your parents, and your grandparents?
- Are you curious about the effect of different diets on your health?
- Have you ever wondered how neighborhoods and social environments might influence weight status?
- Curious about how the food industry, food and agriculture affect our food supply?
- What determines how children and adolescents choose to eat?
- How can we help to change what people eat?
This course provides:
- A broad-based discussion of the concepts, controversies, and scope of public health nutrition
- A focus on current nutrition topics in the United States
- A discussion of issues related to nutrition across the lifespan for infants, children, adolescents, adults and older adults with a special emphasis on vulnerable populations.
See course flyer here.
For more information, contact: Kim Gans at kim.gans@uconn.edu