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Nutrition and Wellness

Health beginner 8 weeks

About This Course

Transform your health and wellbeing with this comprehensive guide to nutrition and healthy living. This 8-week course cuts through diet fads and conflicting information to teach you evidence-based nutrition principles that work. Whether you want to improve your energy, manage your weight, prevent disease, or simply eat better, this course provides practical strategies you can implement immediately in your daily life. You will learn about macronutrients and micronutrients your body needs, how to read and understand food labels accurately, plan balanced, nutritious meals for the week, manage weight through healthy approaches, evaluate vegetarian, vegan, and other dietary patterns, maintain proper hydration throughout the day, handle and store food safely to prevent illness, and make eco-friendly sustainable food choices. Through meal planning exercises and practical tips, you will develop lifelong healthy eating habits. No prerequisites required ÔÇô this course welcomes everyone regardless of current fitness level or nutrition knowledge. You will gain science-based information without overwhelming jargon. By the end of this 8-week journey, you will understand nutritional principles, be able to make informed food choices, plan healthy meals confidently, and have the tools to maintain a healthy lifestyle that supports your goals and wellbeing for years to come.

Instructor

Prof. David Brown

Health and Wellness researcher with expertise in nutrition, fitness, and preventive healthcare.

Course Content

8 modules • 32 resources • 8 quizzes

Week 1: Nutrition Basics

Macronutrients and micronutrients

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 2: Reading Food Labels

Decoding nutritional information

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 3: Meal Planning

Creating balanced meals

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 4: Weight Management

Healthy approaches to weight

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 5: Special Diets

Vegetarian, vegan, and other diets

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 6: Hydration

Importance of water and fluids

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 7: Food Safety

Preventing foodborne illness

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)

Week 8: Sustainable Eating

Nutrition and environmental impact

4 resources 1 quiz(zes)