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Overview
Due to conflicting messages from the media, it’s becoming harder to know what to believe when it comes to following a healthy diet and lifestyle.
On Food and Nutrition - The Truth Behind Food Headlines at EIT Food by FutureLearn, you’ll compare how nutrition and health topics are handled by the media and science.
Key facts
- You’ll be encouraged to think critically about the information behind media headlines and come to your own conclusions about what’s good for you.
- You’ll explore the psychology of why we’re easily influenced by headlines and learn about different types of biases, like confirmatory and availability bias.
- You’ll also learn how to find reliable information online and identify unreliable health studies.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...- Interpret why the media is so interested in reporting about food & nutrition, why the 'advice' changes so rapidly and the part we play in that, as readers.
- Explore the hierarchy of scientific evidence and judge for yourself whether you believe an example headline.
- Assess the biases you bring to what you read and gain a perspective into journalists' agendas which influence how they present scientific evidence.
- Develop an action plan for precision farming.
- Interpret scientific terms and make sense of statistics related to food and nutrition
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- How to analyse a headline by understanding the biases that we, as readers, bring to our understanding of food and nutrition stories.
- Become familiar with the journalist’s perspective, the agenda behind the story and the hooks used to make readers interested.
- Discover how to find out about the original science the story is based on and understand how to interpret the results of the research.
- Learn about the regulations surrounding food and nutrition and where to find reliable sources of information.
- Understand the processes of publishing scientific articles
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
- 2 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Budapest, Hungary
Disciplines
Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science View 4 other Short Courses in Nutrition & Dietetics in HungaryWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is designed for anyone who is losing trust in media headlines about how what we eat affects our health and who wants to get to the truth.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents49 EUR / full≈ 49 EUR / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents49 EUR / full≈ 49 EUR / full
Funding
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