Global Health Nutrition

FSE Campus Venlo

Global Health Nutrition

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When it comes to nutrition, the global health perspective provides interesting insights. Where one region of the world is trying to fight an obesity pandemic, another part of the world has trouble feeding the population with nutritious food. Very different problems, but both with severe outcomes. In the course global health nutrition, you will dive into the topic of nutrition and health around the globe. By identifying the vulnerable groups, existing problems and previously executed interventions we will improve the understanding of the differences around the world. By combining this knowledge with existing governmental bodies and policies, you will learn to also view these known issues from the governance side. And what about the future? We already know some things that are coming towards us (climate change), but what if it is suddenly here (crisis management). You will approach the topics within nutrition and global health from an interdisciplinary perspective. As in traditional public health, you will combine biology, epidemiology, behaviour change and politics.

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Students will be able to... • discuss global health nutrition issues in critical need for attention and identify determinants of nutrition inequities and global food security. • distinguish nutritional needs of different vulnerable groups (e.g., mothers, infants, adolescents) and related adverse health outcomes of global public health relevance. • differentiate between existing governmental and non-governmental organisation involved in global health nutrition and their responsibilities. • review existing policies and action frameworks on global health nutrition issues. • apply existing knowledge and theories on future challenges that may impact the field of global health and global nutrition therewith distinguishing between the different regions of world and relating relevant policies to this. • explain how global health nutrition interventions are planned and discuss what factors may obstruct successful implementation. • describe a current global health nutrition issue to a non-expert audience and demonstrate how nutrition interventions could prevent, manage, and/or eliminate said issue.

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Periode 5

31 mrt 2025

23 mei 2025

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Studiepunten:

5.0

Coördinator:

K.G.M. Lenssen

Onderwijsmethode:

Lecture(s), PBL