ON-TR5101 Nutrition, Environment, and Food Systems

This course focuses on the importance of food and food choice in a global context. Interactions between food choice and ecology, including such areas as food technology, water use and sustainable agriculture, are discussed. Food access, security, and world hunger are included. The socioeconomic and political factors in food selection are examined. Multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives are used to broaden the understanding of integrative nutrition.

Credits

4.5

Prerequisite

None