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Nutrition Education for the Consumer

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) via Coursera Specialization

Overview

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.

Syllabus

Course 1: Plant-Based Diets
- Offered by National Academy of Sports Medicine. In today's world, there are many eating patterns available to choose from. They can range ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Making Sense of Supplements
- Offered by National Academy of Sports Medicine. No matter how hard you try, there is no escaping the endless stream of advertising for all ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Understanding Food Labels and Portion Sizes
- Offered by National Academy of Sports Medicine. All of us have struggled to decipher the long list of ingredients and recommendations on our ... Enroll for free.

Course 4: Nutrition Hot Topics and Controversies
- Offered by National Academy of Sports Medicine. Within the ever-changing nutrition landscape, it becomes difficult to understand current ... Enroll for free.

Course 5: Navigating Diets
- Offered by National Academy of Sports Medicine. The wide and wonderful world of diets can be difficult terrain to navigate, especially with ... Enroll for free.

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