Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year (full-time), 2-4 years (part-time)
Public health nutrition is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the medium of nutrition. The aim for those working as public health nutritionists is for everyone to achieve greater health and well-being by making healthier food and nutrition-related choices.
Public Health Nutritionists develop, implement and evaluate nutrition policies and programmes, generating the evidence base and applying scientific knowledge to ensure understanding of the impact of food and diet on health and well-being of people and communities, and improving the diet, nutrition and health of people and communities around the world.
The aims of this postgraduate programme are for students to develop as public health practitioners who will be equipped to advocate better health through diet and nutrition.
What is Public Health Nutrition?
• Improving health and wellbeing in the population
• Preventing nutrition related disease and minimising its consequences
• Prolonging valued life through good nutrition
• Reducing inequalities in health
The Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition has an excellent reputation in nutrition at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. We have considerable teaching and research expertise in the areas of nutrition and allied subjects, our staff are enthusiastic and helpful, and pride themselves on the extra help provided to those who require it.
This popular programme:
Applications are invited from graduates who have completed an undergraduate BSc degree (minimum 2:2 honours or equivalent), in human nutrition or biological/health science. The degree must contain components in biochemistry and physiology.
Applications will be considered from those with other science degrees, providing the applicant has a minimum 2:2 honours (or equivalent) and science A Levels.
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Career opportunities in this field are developing rapidly for graduates with an understanding of the connections between nutrition and public health. Most focus on health improvement, health inequalities and the prevention of non-communicable diseases.
These include:
• Advisory positions in weight management, healthy eating or similar
• Broader roles in health promotion and health improvement
• Project delivery or advisory work with government agencies e.g. NHS, local authorities, Public Health England
• Research and data analysis at Public Health Observatory’s
• Work in food industry e.g. Kelloggs; Nestle; Danone
• Health Protection Agency
• Food sustainability and poverty work e.g. Sustrans
• Food in Schools e.g. Children’s Food Trust
• Infant and maternal nutrition e.g. UNICEF, Healthy Start
• Communications and Media e.g. Change 4 Life
• Scientific or delivery work for charities
• International work in public health e.g. World Food Programme, World Health Organisation, Action Against Hunger
• Academic research positions
Graduates may also apply to the Association for Nutrition (AFN) via direct entry for Associate Nutritionist Registration.
The MSc course consists of seven taught modules and a research project.
Students will study the following seven modules:
The course involves nutrition laboratory work, investigative sessions, workshops and seminars, and focuses strongly on the research evidence on which public health nutrition is based.
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