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Nutrition Education for the Consumer

Understanding how to eat healthy can be daunting, especially when presented with unfamiliar science. Learn and apply everyday nutrition concepts to your lifestyle to get the most out of what you eat. Take time in understanding how to appropriately read food labels, enhance your diet and exercise with the right supplements, or break through misconceptions about nutrition fads. With the NASM Nutrition Education for the Consumer, you will learn the truth that evidence leads us to when developing healthy habits built upon accurate nutrition information. Apply these nutrition principles to your own lifestyle or help others around you understand a bit more about how they can begin to build a healthier lifestyle too.

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Five courses

Plant-Based Diets

(3 hours)

In today's world, there are many eating patterns available, ranging from carnivorous to herbivorous. Plant-based diets focus primarily on plant-based foods. This course explores the various plant-based diet options, their health benefits, and common myths.

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Making Sense of Supplements

(3 hours)

No matter how hard you try, there is no escaping the endless stream of advertising for nutritional supplements. This course has been designed to help explore some of the most common trends in the nutritional supplementation landscape and to help separate research-supported hope from marketing hype.

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Understanding Food Labels and Portion Sizes

(3 hours)

All of us have struggled to decipher the long list of ingredients and recommendations on our food labels. This course provides a deeper understanding of labeling standards and methods for estimating food portions essential for informed decision-making and healthy eating behaviors.

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Nutrition Hot Topics and Controversies

(3 hours)

Within the ever-changing nutrition landscape, it becomes difficult to understand current trending topics. This course has been designed to take an in-depth approach to explain the science behind many nutrition hot topics and controversies faced by discerning readers today.

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Navigating Diets

(3 hours)

The diverse world of diets can be challenging to navigate, with abundant information available online and in print. Some diets are supported by scientific evidence, while others rely on hype. Informed individuals need to be equipped with the latest facts about diets and their impact on health, body composition, and athletic performance.

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Learning objectives

Learn the fundamentals of nutrition science and their impact on different diet types.
Validate the credibility of trending nutrition topics.

Apply the knowledge and skills required to make informed food choices.

Learn the fundamentals of nutrition science and their impact on different diet types.
Validate the credibility of trending nutrition topics.
Apply the knowledge and skills required to make informed food choices.

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Time

15 hours

Level

Introductory

Via

Coursera

Institution

National Academy of Sports Medicine

Instructor

NASM Faculty

Level

Introductory

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