Nutrition and Health

Explore the science of nutrition and its impact on health and wellbeing. Gain practical skills to support healthy lifestyles and prepare for a career in public health, nutrition or the food industry.

Nutritionists play a vital role in improving lives. They work with individuals, communities, the food industry and policymakers to promote healthier diets, influence food choices and support positive change in public health.

• This course is designed to equip you with a thorough understanding of the scientific basis of nutrition with an emphasis on human health and disease. This course also embraces an international perspective, while recognising the key underpinning principles of UK-based nutritional guidance.

• This course provides a high-quality nutrition education by offering you access to modern laboratories, kitchen facilities and nutritional analysis software, such as Nutritics.

• Assessments are designed to mimic real-life scenarios, such as analysing nutrient intake from a food diary, developing dietary interventions and designing health promotion campaigns.

Why you should study this course

• Supported by a teaching team comprising registered nutritionists, food scientists, microbiologists, and food safety experts, ensuring that students are supported by highly qualified professionals who will bring you the latest issues on a wide range of nutritional and health topics (staff subject to change).

• Gain hands-on experience of a wide range of industry techniques in our modern laboratories based in the Alison Gingell Building.

• The course uses educational technologies, such as Kahoot!, Padlet and Mentimeter, to enhance your learning experience and make the course interactive and engaging.

• Undertake an independent research-based project in a related area of your interest.

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of nutrition’s role in human health and disease prevention, as well as modules such as food product design, enabling you to specialise and embark on a range of careers in nutrition, public health or the food industry.

• Develop key transferable skills in independent research, data analysis and statistical analysis to give you a competitive career advantage.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website.