BSc (Honours) Nutrition, Diet and Lifestyle

Course description
What you study
Study a course designed to give you the knowledge and skills to become an associate nutritionist recognised by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). You can then work towards becoming a registered nutritionist, highly valued by many employers.
The essential practical, communication and analytical skills you gain enable you to work in health improvement, community health promotion, sports nutrition, the food industry or private sector.
Key areas of study include
• the key physiological links between good diet, nutrition and lifestyle (especially physical activity) choices on health and well-being
• how to analyse, understand and improve the diets of individuals and populations
• how non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes or heart disease develop, and the role of diet, nutrition and lifestyle factors in their prevention
• behaviour in relation to diet and physical activity and approaches to helping change behaviour.
How you learn
You build theoretical and real-world practical skills through a combination of lectures, seminars, and practical sessions. Some of these are laboratory based and some classroom based.
During the course you
• build transferable skills which you can apply to employment, research and further study
• develop expertise in areas including ingredient choice, dietary analysis of individuals, athletes and populations
• gain practical skills such as measuring body composition, nutritional biomarkers and athletic performance
• learn behaviour change skills such as motivational interviewing
Behaviour change skills are key methods used by professionals who work with lifestyle change such as weight management, public health and health coaching. Experienced lecturers guide you through a range of skills and approaches which are evidence based and essential for working in this sector.
You also take business and management modules, enabling you to understand the working world and changing...