Public nutrition: concept and challenges

Understanding public health issues related to food and nutrition, particularly in societies in the Global South.

EU program:

- Overall nutritional status: undernutrition; overnutrition; prevention of chronic diseases (9 hours)

- Nutrition programs and emergency situations (3 hours)

- Nutrition research in NGOs (9 hours)

- Food systems (6 hours)

- Food (and Nutrition) Security Indicators (3 hours)

- Strategies for combating malnutrition (3 hours)

- Determinants of eating behaviors (3 hours)

- Practical case study (3 hours)

EU Manager

Edwige Landais: edwige.landais@ird.fr