Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition: Plant-Based Vegetarian Emphasis

The graduate certificate in Public Health Nutrition: Plant-based Vegetarian emphasis covers the role of plant-based diets in health promotion and prevention of major chronic diseases while also introducing the basic principles and applications of epidemiology, one of the pillars of public health. Other topics covered included but limited to are: the management of normal nutrition needs of individuals across the life cycle such as pregnancy, lactation, normal infant development, childhood and adolescence, and healthy aging. Basic principles of human nutrition, biochemical functions of nutrients, and the relationship between food choices and health will be covered. This certificate program introduces statistical concepts and analytical methods as applied to data encountered in biomedical sciences.