Nutrition (with Foundation Year)

About this course

Nutrition is the science of how food and diet affect human health, development and wellbeing. It draws on biochemistry, physiology, epidemiology and public health to understand how the body uses nutrients, how dietary patterns relate to disease, and how nutritional science can be applied to support health across populations and individual patients. The field spans everything from cellular metabolism and the molecular biology of specific nutrients to the public health challenges of obesity, malnutrition and diet-related chronic disease, making it relevant to healthcare, food industry, sport and policy settings alike. At Teesside University this programme runs over four years of full-time study, beginning with a foundation year that prepares you for the scientific demands of the main degree. A sandwich year in professional practice and a placement element are built into the programme, giv

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 50% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 1% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 8 / 100Other Health Professionals · 46% of graduatescards →

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