Understanding and addressing the social determinants of nutrition are fundamental for improving population health and reducing health inequalities. This course deepens students’ knowledge of the social determinants of nutrition and health and the types of policy and environmental interventions meant to reduce social inequalities in nutrition. In addition, students are exposed to life course approaches to health to gain an understanding of how the effects of social determinants on health might cumulate or vary across life stages, and across different geographical contexts, including the Global North and South. The course thus provides students with a holistic picture of social and economic inequalities in nutrition, and the tools to evaluate policies aimed at reducing these inequalities.

This course will run in period 5, 2024.