Your diet can make a big difference to your health. That’s why it’s so important to consider the value of different diets from around the globe. On this course you will explore the science and benefits of two well-known diets: the Mediterranean and Okinawa diets. You will learn the main components of these diets and how to prepare simple recipes. You will also consider what makes these diets healthy, and how they affect the body.
Who should join the course
This online course is for anyone interested in maintaining a healthy diet, you don’t need any previous experience.
Timeline
The course will be available all year round from 2022 onwards.
Learning objectives and outcomes
Once completed, participants will be able to:
Summarise the characteristics and benefits of the Mediterranean and Okinawa diets
Identify health-related properties of foods central to the two diets
Describe the importance of healthy food frequency consumption
Design at least one simple healthy recipe of one of the course diets
Reflect that there are many kinds of healthy diets and that these may be composed by using different foods and cultural approaches
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