Free Online Course on offered By FutureLearn: A Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Eating

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of “A Beginner’s Guide to Healthy Eating”.

In order to be energised and ready to take on life, it’s important to know the foods that can provide you with all the nutrients you need to feel your best.

On this four-week course, you’ll be guided by an expert in dietary nutrition, learning the basics of food, nutrition, and its impact on your health and wellbeing.

On this course, you’ll gain a complete overview of basic nutritional concepts.

You’ll delve into the six classes of nutrients, learning to categorise foods and explain their effects on our bodies.

You’ll learn to identify high and low-energy foods and explain the connection between food energy and diet.

This course is intended for:

This course is designed for anyone with an interest in healthy eating and nutrition.

It would benefit those considering a future career in food science as well as secondary educators teaching science and health related subjects.

Course duration:

1 hour per week for 4 weeks.

Course topics:

• Food composition and nutrients
• Food composition and non-nutrients
• Nutrient recommendations
• Food group systems and healthy eating guidelines

Course objectives:

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

1. Describe the composition of different foods and food types.
2. Explain the link between nutrition, nutrient recommendations, and health and wellbeing.
3. Design healthy eating and dietary guidelines from nutrient recommendations.
4. Apply food composition knowledge and healthy eating guidelines to improve food and nutrition decisions.

Course costs:

Learner can join this course for free through and get limited access to it for 4 weeks.

Or upgrade this course for $84 and gets:

• Access to this course for as long as it’s on Future Learn.
• Discuss your learning in comments.
• Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible (print and digital).

Or buy unlimited for 189.99 for one year and gets:

• Access to this course.
• Access to ALL eligible short courses with additional benefits, for a year.
• Discuss your learning in comments.
• Certificate of Achievement once he/she is eligible (print and digital).

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