Nutrition and Global Health

Harvard HSPH

The course will cover existing and emerging problems related to nutrition and global health. We will review the epidemiological, biological, behavioral, and social causes and consequences of malnutrition, with emphasis on infectious disease and maternal and child health outcomes. We will also review emerging problems related to the coexistence of over and under nutrition (double burden) present in many countries. Many of the readings will address the latest evidence on the efficacy of…