Courses
PUBHLTH 159 - Public Health Nutrition
Description: The what, why, and how of public health nutrition. Examine what are the foods that people choose to eat based on dietary guidelines and perceptions about healthy dietary patterns, why people eat the foods they do by examining food politics, marketing, and disparities that exist within the food system, and how to make people’s diets better by examining evidence-based solutions that target perceptions, behaviors, and the built environment. Concepts in the course are explored at the individual level and the population level – from clinical practice to epidemiologic research to national policy.
Offered: Winter Quarter
Level: Undergraduate
PUBHLTH 290 - Nutrition in Health and Disease
Description: The relationship of nutrition to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and selected additional health outcomes of public health significance in the U.S. The process of effectively and efficiently identifying, reading, and synthesizing existing sources of reliable information on diet-disease associations will be covered extensively as will applying this knowledge in a public health context.
Offered: Fall Quarter
Level: Graduate (masters and doctoral)
Study Abroad in Bali
Summer 2025 Dates: June 22 - July 21st
Immerse in a transformational learning opportunity at the Bali Institute, a premier world-class learning center in beautiful Bali, Indonesia! As you study public health principles and examine health and disease, you will also have the unique opportunity to work with an non-government organization (NGO) to investigate, monitor and identify health problems and hazards in the local Balinese community. Participating students enroll in both PUBHLTH 101 and PUBHLTH 159.
For more information reach out to UCI Study Abroad or via email at studyabroad@uci.edu
