Лондонская школа гигиены и тропической медицины, Лондонский университет, MSc, Public Health Nutrition

This course aims to provide comprehensive training in public health nutrition in a global setting with the choice of specialising in a number of topics and in a range of contexts; it provides an integrated programme covering dietary, epidemiological, public health, social and biological aspects of nutritional science. Specialist topics include maternal and child nutrition, nutrition in emergencies, nutrition programme planning, evaluation and monitoring, and nutritional epidemiology; by the end of this course students should be able to: demonstrate an advanced knowledge of public health nutrition, at biological, social and policy levels; assess critically, select and apply a range of appropriate research skills and techniques, from anthropometry and information on dietary intake to broader analytical skills; interpret and synthesise different types of data used to analyse and assess nutritional problems at population and population sub-group levels; evaluate critically the findings of scientific studies of public health nutrition; disseminate and present findings of research in a range of formats and contexts; identify and formulate appropriate responses and intervention strategies to address nutritional issues, taking into account the public health and social policy contexts, and apply knowledge of effective teamwork and communication skills to solve problems and achieve goals.