Food, Nutrition and Health
Do you want to study online? And are you interested in courses about food & nutrition related themes? Wageningen University & Research has plenty of opportunities for you!
How do we feed the growing world population in a sustainable way without depleting our nature’s reserves? What is healthy eating? How do we make sure that healthy food is available and accessible to everyone?
You can follow a MOOC separately or subscribe to a specific programme. You can find more information about our Food & Nutrition related programmes in the right column of this page.
What is a MOOC?
A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. It's a free course, open to anyone and easily accessible from all over the world. If you want, you can obtain a certificate from Wageningen University & Research and edX® after completion, for a small fee. More than 800.000 learners already enrolled in a MOOC.
Why should you join an online course at Wageningen University & Research?
- You study at the #1 Agricultural University in the world
- More than 1 million learners followed a MOOC
- You study at your own home, at your own pace, from wherever in the world
- You will join an amazing online community that is addressing world’s biggest challenges.
- All MOOCs are taught by our own top professors and are based on the latest scientific evidence
- All MOOCs are free, and you can pay to upgrade for a certificate if you wish
Want to follow a free MOOC?
You can access the MOOC from all over the world. You study in your own time, whenever you want.
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Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
- Learn about Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and understand how nutrition can support exercise and sports performance. -
Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition and Cancer
- Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death in many parts of the world. It causes one in eight deaths worldwide.... -
Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition, Heart disease and Diabetes
- Discover the latest insights on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes... -
Nutrition and Health: Food Safety
- Learn about bacteria, pesticides and health hazards present in food. This free online course is offered as a MOOC which means that you can study at... -
Nutrition and Health: Human Microbiome
- Learn how you can impact your health by balancing your gut health; how your microbiome together with your diet can improve normal gut function. A... -
Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition
- Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about macronutrients and overnutrition and how they impact humans. This free... -
Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition
- Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they impact your health. This free... -
The Science of Beer
- Are you interested in more than just the taste of beer? Discover what's in your beer, how it's made and marketed and the effect it has on your body... -
Sustainable Food Security: The value of systems thinking
- Learn how to apply systems thinking to improve the environmental sustainability of food production systems in this course. This free online course is...