Nutrition and Cancer, Certificate | Part time online | edX - online learning platform | United States
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EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Nutrition and Cancer Certificate in collaboration with Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX. Discover the latest insights on the role of diet, nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention, occurrence and progression of cancer in the open and online course Nutrition and Cancer.

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Overview

Can cancer risk be reduced through a healthy diet or lifestyle? Many studies have been conducted on the role of nutrition and physical activity in cancer prevention. This has resulted in recommendations for cancer prevention.

Far less research is conducted on nutrition and cancer progression, but the evidence is increasing that a healthy diet may also play a beneficial role for cancer survivors. Join this online course and learn more about the role of nutrition in the occurrence and progression of cancer.

You will learn how nutrition is involved in cancer occurrence, cancer treatment, and progression. And you will discover what the evidence-base is for dietary guidelines.

Key facts

The  Nutrition and Cancer  Certificate from EdX in partnership with Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX focuses on a wide range of dietary exposures (including vegetables, meat, dietary supplements, alcohol) and lifestyle factors (including body composition and physical activity) in relation to the occurrence and progression of the most common types of cancer, such as large bowel , breast, prostate, and lung cancer.

This course is  especially valuable for professionals (in training) from various fields related to nutrition or cancer (e.g. nutritionists, epidemiologists, health policy makers, physicians, caregivers, nutrition educators, biologists, food scientists).   

Dieticians and physicians often get questions from cancer patients about what they can do themselves to help their recovery process. After completing the course you will have gained a solid scientific basis to better weigh and interpret all the information available on nutrition and cancer and to take care of your own health and/or that of your patients.

This course, is part of the Nutrition and Disease Professional Certificate Program.

Programme Structure

What you'll learn:

  • Study designs to investigate the relation between nutrition and cancer

  • Diet- and lifestyle-related risk factors for cancer development and survival

  • The mechanisms by which nutrition impacts cancer

  • Guidelines for primary and tertiary cancer prevention for the general public and for survivors

  • Understand the evidence-base for dietary guidelines

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months
    • 6 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Self-paced

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

  • The level of the course is intermediate. The prerequisites are basic biology.

Tuition Fee

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    189 USD/full
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    Based on the tuition of 189 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    189 USD/full
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    Based on the tuition of 189 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
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