NS 6160
Maternal and Child Nutrition Seminar
The Maternal and Child Nutrition training program in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, is the longest-standing training program devoted to maternal and child nutrition in the country. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD), it brings together faculty across the disciplinary spectrum of nutrition - including molecular nutrition, human nutrition and metabolism, community nutrition, and international nutrition - to advance the nutrition and health of mothers and children.
Topics
- Examine the major threats to maternal and child nutrition and health.
- Evaluate the role of nutrition in the development of health outcomes in maternal and child health, across the lifecycle, from preconception through pregnancy, postpartum, lactation/infant feeding, and beyond.
- Critically analyze evaluate the use of scientific evidence on a specific topic in nutrition and maternal and child health that informsnutritional interventions, policy, and practice.
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Catalogue variants
- Maternal and Child Nutrition Seminar · 1.0 · Graduate