PHTH 5236 — Food, Nutrition, and Health
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath CEusually offered: falltypical days: TBostonTraditional
Uses an interdisciplinary lens to examine issues at the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. Explores how food is distributed and analyzes the relationships between food retailers and food banks and how this affects food access. Investigates the role of public health services, policies and legislation, funding, marketing, and communication strategies for the development, evaluation, implementation, and dissemination of nutrition programs. Examines and critiques the role of food in the US healthcare industry, including “Food Is Medicine” interventions, clinic-based food referrals, and how these interventions address chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- John Lowrey (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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