Free, online course: Food and Wellness Around the Globe

Attention Foodies and those interested in wellness!

This FREE, online, not for credit class will celebrate food and its relationship to wellness, focusing on a global approach. Participants will investigate culinary and dietary practices from four regions around the world, looking at the correlation and interconnection between local foods and health.

Traditional foods, menus, and recipes will be shared, and health and nutrition benefits will be explored. Participants will learn how to incorporate these beneficial dietary practices into their own kitchens, as well as how to utilize culinary and dietary strategies that promote optimum health/wellness.​

Topics include the following:

    Week 1: Food and Your Life

    Week 2: Europe

    Week 3: Middle East, India, and Africa

    Week 4: Asia/Pacific Islands and Australia/NZ

    Week 5: The Americas and The Caribbean

    Week 6: Finishing up with Desserts

This course is being taught by Shoreline Community College faculty: Professor Alison Leahy, MS RD and Associate Faculty Amy Rovner, MPH RD.

Time to complete the course: 1-2 hours per week.

Class begins on July 20, 2015. Registration is now open online