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Wageningen University

Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition

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There is an overload of information about nutrition and health, but what is the truth and what can you do to improve the health of your patients? Learn more about nutrition and how our diet profoundly impacts our current and future health. This course addresses the relationship between nutrition and human health, with a focus on health problems related to malnutrition.

In this course, Professor Sander Kersten from Wageningen University & Research will explain about the micronutrient (vitamins, minerals, and trace elements) content of foods. You will learn about their role in the body and their impact on our health. Moreover, this course will discuss how suboptimal nutrition may affect human health, with particular attention to malnutrition and global hunger. You will learn about strategies to improve and combat these problems of malnutrition. Finally, the course will make you familiar with nutritional research and research methodologies.

For whom?

This MOOC is especially useful for health care professionals and people working in the food industry with a non-nutrition background. You will develop a critical mind set by learning to better weigh and interpret information about food, nutrition and health. to improve overall health

This course, is part of the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program of Wageningen University & Research. Did you already complete Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition? That is the first course in the Food, Nutrition and Health Professional Certificate Program. To explore other learning opportunities about nutrition, have a look at the courses

  • Food Risks
  • Human Microbiome
  • Nutrition and Cancer
  • Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes

Syllabus

Module 1: Basic Principles of micronutrients
Start the course by learning about the general principles that apply to vitamins
and minerals.

Module 2: Water, minerals, trace elements
In this module you will look at the health effects of water, and will cover the various
dietary minerals.

Module 3: Fat soluble vitamins and health
Learn about the fat soluble vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E.

Module 4: Water soluble vitamins and health
For this module, you'll shift your focus to a few of the water soluble vitamins: vitamin C, folate and vitamin B12.

Module 5: The global burden of micronutrient malnutrition
Discuss the prevalence and trends of micronutrient deficiencies
and their geographical distribution. We will also talk about the double burden of
malnutrition.

Module 6: Global solutions to micronutrient deficiencies
This module will outline the available strategies to alleviate micronutrient
malnutrition.

Module 7: Insight in the future of Nutritional Science (verified learners only)
In this module you will get to see some of the exciting research that is currently being
done in the field of Nutritional Science.

Taught by

Sander Kersten

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4.7 rating, based on 249 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at edX based on 57 ratings

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  • Profile image for Mohammad Damoun Dahir
    Mohammad Damoun Dahir @damoun
    I found this course quite interesting, engaging and informative. It made me learn lots of things under the umbrella of micronutrients along with answers to many questions I earlier had to understand the cause of global burden of micronutrients and work done in this field for its solution and overcome the deficiencies.

    I would highly recommend this course for those who are interested or looking for building their career in subject like these.
  • Profile image for Agustiah Agustiah
    Agustiah Agustiah @agustiah
    Very informative course.
    This course improved my knowledge and skill to choose better food for myself and people around me
  • Anonymous
    If you are interested in nutrition I 100% recommend taking this course ! I have learned so much about food , which don't we all love ? But food is so much more than we ever thought, it's more than calories and carbs but about macro and micronutrient…
  • Anonymous
    This course has widen my little knowledge on food, nutrition and its relation to health. I find it is a very comprehensive course, giving you insight into the specifics of foods (metabolism and absorption for example) but also into a more global per…
  • Anonymous
    I thoroughly enjoyed this MOOC! The professors make complex micronutrient biochemistry feel simple and relevant through short, well‑structured videos, clear graphics, and practical case studies. Quizzes after every lesson reinforce the content, and the peer‑review project pushes you to apply what you’ve learned to a real‑world malnutrition problem. By the end, I understood not only how deficiencies develop but also how supplementation, fortification, and food‑based strategies can solve them. Highly recommended for anyone in nutrition, public health, or just curious about how vitamins and minerals keep us healthy.
  • Anonymous
    my experience in this course was great , i really have fun time educating myself with a very important informations and topics that i need to know about it , i hope that i can have the opportunity to learn more in those courses about how to be a professional dietitian and how to deal with my clients and how to do an appropriate diet plan for each person depending on its case .
  • Anonymous
    Fantastic course. I learnt so much. It really helped me learn about my body more and what it needs. I have had a lot of health issues in the past and sometimes I still struggle. Some of it I assume it based on vitamins and minerals deficiency . This course was helpful and a stepping stone towards learning more about my body and in more detail.
  • Anonymous
    I am very happy to take this course because I really learnt alot and this course have made me to understand various kinds of supplements, benefits and ways to apply them. So i highly recommend this course and once again thank you to various instructors as they are really great.

  • Anonymous
    I believe I learned so much about vitamin, micronutrients and how critically essential they are in keeping us healthy and functional. I got to learn about the different organizations that are making a difference to save the lives of people in low and moderate income countries.
  • Anonymous
    This class is very informative and interesting. You get a variety of information about malnutrition and micronutrients. It is definitely an eye opener on the different ways a person be deficient of vitamins and cause themselves to become more at risk to getting a disease.
  • Anonymous
    The Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition course from Wageningen is a great course for nutritional knowledge. What I learned has allowed me to increase my personal lifestyle and health for the better, and for my family and friends.
  • Anonymous
    I found this MOOC extremely informative. For someone who is currently in sixth form with aspirations of doing nutrition in the future this MOOC, although difficult it was extremely interesting and detailed
  • Anonymous
    The course has given me great insight into nutritional aspects and how our everyday diets affect our health. The biochemistry part covered is to the point and sufficient. Really a great course.
  • Anonymous
    Great content and I enjoyed the course. Inspired me to further study more about malnutrition. Thanks to all the professors for who took the time to put the resources together to make this possible.
  • Anonymous
    It is important for human health and you will benefit from the information you study in the course. I advise anyone who wants to gain experience and knowledge to participate in this course.
  • Anonymous
    Excellent explanations and detailed knowledge, very friendly for all types of learners, with or without relevant background. The level of WUR in this topic is again justified convincingly.
  • Anonymous
    Every person must learn this course to they balence diet .I learn the how vitamins are in take and adsorption to
    Metabolism and etc
  • Anonymous
    The course is informative, has exercises with feedbacks, and offers comprehensive resources to support your learning journey.
  • Anonymous
    i am really happy to join the edX course. my Course name is Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition. It is helpful for me to learn new things in my life . everyone will be learn about nutrition and health.
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    Sabrina Hogan
    I love the Nutr101x and nutr102x MOOC from Wageningen university via EdX . Good info covered and lots of videos so you can visually see the info.
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