Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

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Deakin University

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Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

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Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

The course Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition is an online class provided by Deakin University through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore how food, nutrition, mental and brain health, why diet matters are all related and how to make optimal dietary changes.

Course description

Optimise your mental and brain health through diet and nutrition.
3 weeks

Poor diet and poor mental health are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Critically, we now know that diet quality is a key modifiable factor influencing mental and brain health across all stages of our lives.
We will explore how our daily diets affect our mental and brain health, including the role of our immune system and gut microbiome.
The course will provide research evidence, practical examples, skills development, and collaboration on dietary intake assessment, strategies and resource sharing for dietary change.

Diet and nutrition in mental and brain health.
Understanding biological mechanisms.
Changing diet to optimise mental and brain health.

Deakin University
Deakin University is one of Australia’s largest universities with more than 61,000 students and over 15,000 online.

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Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

Course Topic

Healthcare & Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology & Mental Health

University, College, Institution

Deakin University

Course Skill Level

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Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Food and Mood : Improving Mental Health Through Diet and Nutrition

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Deakin University you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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