222.657.01
Food and Nutrition Policy
Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Monday, 3:30 - 5:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Examines major governmental, bilateral, and multilateral agency food and nutrition policies and programs that directly or indirectly affect 1) the availability and quality of food and 2) the health and nutrition of populations. Examples are drawn from developing and developed countries. Discussions are led by faculty and guest lecturers with diverse experience in developing and implementing food and nutrition policies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- identify food and nutrition problems amenable to policy intervention
- define criteria of effective food or nutrition policies
- critique a specific food and/or nutrition policy with respect to its evidence-base, adequacy of implementation, nutritional impact and forces which hinder or help the implementation of the specific policy