Eating patterns that begin in childhood affect health and well-being across the lifespan. The culture of eating has changed significantly in recent decades, especially in parts of the world where processed foods dominate our dietary intake. This course examines contemporary child nutrition and the impact of the individual decisions made by each family. The health risks associated with obesity in childhood are also discussed. Participants will learn what constitutes a healthy diet for children and adults and how to prepare simple, delicious foods aimed at inspiring a lifelong celebration of easy home-cooked meals. This course will help prepare participants to be the leading health providers, teachers and parents of the present and future.The text and other material in this course may include the opinion of the specific instructor and are not statements of advice, endorsement, opinion, or information of Stanford University.
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Child Nutrition and Cooking
Stanford UniversityAbout this Course
Learner Career Outcomes
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Skills you will gain
- Nutrition
- Organic Food
- Food Safety
- Food Science
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Why Home Cooking Matters
What Constitutes a Balanced Meal?
From Supermarket to Dinner Table to School
Sustainable Eating
Reviews
- 5 stars81.87%
- 4 stars14.63%
- 3 stars2.40%
- 2 stars0.52%
- 1 star0.56%
TOP REVIEWS FROM CHILD NUTRITION AND COOKING
I enjoyed taking this course. I have learned several *new* things about buying, preparing and cooking food. The videos are straight-forward and the content is presented in a clear and concise way.
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I found this course very useful, it has allowed me to know what types of things I should look for in food, diversify my family's eating habits and to have fun in the kitchen,
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This course is immensely informative, as well as fun! I loved the way Maya made things simple, with diagrams to accompany all of the the nutrition information. I hope she does more courses like these!
Very simple and straightforward. As a child nutrition menu & recipe consulting chef for thousands of city childern per day, I enjoyed the review of best practice. Thank You. Paul Bartlett, Baltimore
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