This course is designed for health educators and home visitors serving families with infants 0-6 months old. Learners will gain knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on healthy infant nutrition and growth as well as maternal and family nutrition. This course is uniquely tailored towards Indigenous families and approaches nutrition through a strengths-based lens … [Read more...] about Family Spirit Nurture
Nutrition
Structural Biochemistry)
生物化学是当今生命科学领域中发展最为迅速、涉及面最广的基础学科之一，其着眼点在于使用化学、物理学和生物学等方法去研究各类生物分子的结构与功能，在分子水平上阐明生命的本质、原理和规律。如今，生物化学的理论和实验技术已渗透到生命科学的方方面面，它的发展一次又一次地带动了整个生命科学的发展。 生物化学可分为结构生物化学、代谢生物化学和分子生物学三个部分。本课程为第一部分，即结构生物化学，以后还会推出代谢生物化学和分子生物学课程。 结构生物化学的内容可以说是生物化学最基础的部分，有人把这一部分的内容说成是“静态生化”。其主要内容是各种生物分子（氨基酸、核苷酸、蛋白质、核酸、酶、碳水化合物、脂类和激素等）的结构、性质与功能，特别是三类生物大分子——蛋白质、核酸和酶的结构、性质与功能。 … [Read more...] about Structural Biochemistry)
Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy
Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy offers an overview of the latest research findings and international recommendations on a variety of nutrition-related aspects and outcomes of pregnancy. Ensuring a healthy nutritional status and lifestyle prior to and during pregnancy is one of the best ways to help support the healthy growth and development of the unborn child. We will … [Read more...] about Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy
Stanford Introduction to Food and Health
Around the world, we find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and other predominantly diet-related diseases. To address these public health crises, we urgently need to explore innovative strategies for promoting healthful eating. There is strong evidence that global increases in the consumption of heavily processed foods, coupled with cultural shifts … [Read more...] about Stanford Introduction to Food and Health
The New Nordic Diet – from Gastronomy to Health
The New Nordic Diet is a new food culture developed in 2009-13 with key emphasis on gastronomy, health, and environment. Major research in its effect on acceptability, behaviour and learning skills, and disease prevention have been conducted by the OPUS centre at the University of Copenhagen and the people behind the award-winning restaurant Noma in Copenhagen. This course will … [Read more...] about The New Nordic Diet – from Gastronomy to Health
