Course Objectives

By completing this course participants should be able to:

• Understand the goals of nutrition therapy and nutritional interventions that can aid in the maintenance and improvement of nutritional status in cancer patients and also help in recovery.
• Understand the association of cancer and functional foods
• Identify the biomarkers of cancer and the strategies used for early diagnosis
• Be able to recognize the dietary factors that may increase or decrease the risk of cancer
• Understand the environmental effects on food and cancer
• Understand how immunity can be enhanced by different types of functional foods

Topic Outline of the Course

Teaching Methods

The course is a self taught course with an examination and certification of completion. This allows for participants to learn at their own pace and decide for themselves when to take the exam. All resources including syllabus, textbook, powerpoint slides, and PDF files will be provided after purchase as well as a recommended course of action with which to base the studies. The book provides practice quizzes to help you along the way and to provide feedback on your level of comprehension of the material. Once the participant has completed all included chapters, they can take the exam online which, after receiving a passing grade, will provide a printable certification of completion.