HE2233 : HEALTHY AND DIETARY EDUCATION

Department

Department of Home Economics

Academic Program

Bachelor in Home Economics

Type

Elective

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

Healthy and dietary education includes a wide vision of educational strategies and environmental support to encourage the adoption of healthy and sustainable food options and eating patterns and go beyond giving information to enhance healthy options, as well as integrated measures to facilitate and empower healthy food behaviours and environments. It also includes nutritional education and health behaviours for dealing and raising ransom, safety conditions and food environment, the diseases caused by food and the importance of healthy nutrition in the different stages of life.

Intended learning outcomes

The student will be able to:

Defines health and nutrition education programs in all areas of home economics.

Distinguish between types of food in terms of quality and nutritional value.

Compare positive and negative eating habits.

Apply methods of obtaining healthy balanced food.

Deduces the role of food, health and the environment in avoiding infection with many diseases

Teaching and learning methods

Theoretical lectures based on presentation and discussion

Methods of assessments

Written tests, Relative weight 50%-year work, final exam 50%