Current Questions in Nutrition and Health Promotion (5cr)

Objective

The student familiarizes himself with the current nutrition questions and their scientific background. The student can reflect national and international studies of the field and can apply them to his own work. The student can think critically and analytically. The student can estimate and can develop his role as a health promoter as an expert of its own field. The student studies nutrition communication. He is able to communicate with demanding contents in his professional field. He masters the structure and style of the communication concerning the professional media and communicating about food and nutrition issues.

Content

-Current nutrition questions and their scientific background (information retrieval)
-Health promotion and nutrition
-Planning and producing a communication project related to nutrition for professional media

Materials

Study material will be announced in the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

- lectures
- independent study

Exam schedules

The time of the exams will be announced in the beginning of the course.

Student workload

135h, incl. lectures Xh

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1
The student is familiar with the principles of the health promotion and can adapt them basically to his professional field from the nutrition point of view. The student knows current nutrition questions and partly perceives their scientific background. He can search and use mainly reliable nutrition information sources. He masters some principles how to write about the nutrition issues in the professional media.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3
The student is familiar with the principles of the health promotion and can adapt them basically to his professional field from the nutrition point of view. The student knows current nutrition questions and is familiar with their scientific background. He can search and can use a reliable nutrition information sources. He is competent in writing in the professional media about the food and nutrition issues. He masters the content, structure and style of the text.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5
The student is familiar with the principles of the health promotion and can adapt them to his professional field from the nutrition point of view. The student knows current questions in nutrition and understands their scientific background. He is familiar with the reliable sources of nutrition and can use them fluently. He is competent in writing in the professional media about the food and nutrition issues. He masters the content, structure and style of the text and he can give arguments for his choices.

Qualifications

The participation in the course requires the knowledge of Ravitsemustaito (Voutilainen, E., Fogelholm, M. & Mutanen M. 2015) or the similar contents.