Course description

Overview

Learn about the role of nutrition in diseases of the circulatory system and diabetes, which are major causes of death worldwide. You'll learn about the etiology of heart attacks, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and other forms of cardiovascular diseases and how often these occur worldwide. You will learn about biological modifiable risk factors, such as blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and obesity, and how they impact these diseases differently. After completing this course you will also have gained a deeper insight into underlying physiological mechanisms, such as insulin resistance, and the role of (epi)genetic factors.

Dietitians and doctors often get questions from their patients on what they can do to improve their health. In this course, part of the Professional Certificate Program Nutrition and Disease, you will learn about the interaction between nutrients, diets, and cardio metabolic disease (heart disease and diabetes).

For whom?

The MOOC Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes is especially valuable for professionals (in training) from various disciplines related to nutrition and health, e.g. nutritionists, epidemiologists, public health workers, physicians, health care professionals, health policymakers, nutrition educators, biologists, and food scientists.

This course is part of the Nutrition and Disease Professional Certificate Program of Awakening University & Research. Did you already complete Nutrition and Cancer? That is the other course in this Professional Certificate Program.

What will i learn?