- A comprehensive, 32-lesson, self-study certificate course for a complete understanding of nutrition information relative to today
- This course is a co-requisite for the following diploma programs: Advanced Nutrition and Nutritional Consulting
Total Price = $549.00 plus GST/HST (if applicable)
The fee includes:
- course notebook (includes feature articles from alive magazine, alive recipes, and practice quizzes)
- lesson tests
- full access to the Online Learning Centre
- Nutrition Now textbook by Judith E. Brown, Ph.D., MPH
- Prescription for Nutritional Healing book by James F. Balch, MD, and Phyllis A. Balch, CHC
- final exam
- free shipping (within North America)
- support and assistance while you study
A certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the final exam. Students have 9 months to complete the course; however, it can be completed sooner than the allotted time depending on the pace of the individual. View the course outline.
LESSON 1: Key Nutrition Concepts and Terms
LESSON 2: The Inside Story about Nutrition and Health
LESSON 3: The Ways of Knowing about Nutrition
LESSON 4: Understanding Food and Nutrition Labels
LESSON 5: Nutrition Attitudes and Behaviors
LESSON 6: What's a Healthful Diet?
LESSON 7: How the Body Uses Food: Digestion and Absorption
LESSON 8: Calories! Food, Energy, and Energy Balance
LESSON 9: The Highs and Lows of Body Weight
LESSON 10: Weight Control: The Myths and Realities
LESSON 11: Useful Facts about Sugars, Starches, and Fiber
LESSON 12: Diabetes Now
LESSON 13: Alcohol: The Positives and Negatives
LESSON 14: Proteins and Amino Acids
LESSON 15: Vegetarian Diets
LESSON 16: Food Allergies and Intolerances
LESSON 17: Fats and Cholesterol in Health
LESSON 18: Nutrition and Heart Disease
LESSON 19: Vitamins and Your Health
LESSON 20: Phytochemicals and Genetically Modified Food
LESSON 21: Diet and Cancer
LESSON 22: Good Things to Know about Minerals
LESSON 23: Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods
LESSON 24: Water Is an Essential Nutrient
LESSON 25: Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Health and Disease
LESSON 26: Nutrition and Physical Fitness for Everyone
LESSON 27: Nutrition and Physical Performance
LESSON 28: Good Nutrition for Life: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Infancy
LESSON 29: Nutrition for the Growing Years: Childhood through Adolescents
LESSON 30: Nutrition and Health Maintenance for Adults of All Ages
LESSON 31: The Multiple Dimensions of Food Safety
LESSON 32: Aspects of Global Nutrition
