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Gain the skills to help improve people鈥檚 health and well-being in the context of the malnutrition, obesity, metabolic response to injury and chronic disease.

The programme is designed for all members of nutrition support teams and is also suitable for students who wish to pursue clinically based nutrition research.

After establishing a firm foundation in physiology and the biochemistry of nutrition, this programme will cover the nutritional management for clinical conditions such as gastro-enteral problems, long-term disablement, and intensive care. It also includes a focus on nutrition support in paediatric, adult, older adult and critically ill patients.

This course is perfect for nutrition support teams or those who want to pursue a career or a doctorate in clinically based nutrition. The course will provide an important insight into contemporary developments in clinical nutrition for a wide range of healthcare professionals.

How you'll learn

You will have access to our state-of-the art facilities and excellent laboratories including a food lab complete with sensory analysis tasting booths and specialist laboratories for physiology, microbiology and computing.

We offer a diverse range of modules to build your knowledge and enable you to focus on topics that interest you. Recent examples of these topics have included: macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism in health and disease, nutrient digestion and absorption and gastrointestinal disease, nutritional support in paediatric, adult, older adult and critically ill patients, the effect of disease on nutrition status.

Research areas that are also included in the programme are dietary management strategies in women with polycystic ovary syndrome; the role of brain鈥揼ut interaction in obesity, eating disorders, and irritable bowel syndrome; the role of the enteric nervous system in known intestinal diseases; vitamin E status in health and disease; the role of microbiota in food and nutritional systems; food bioactive for a healthy gut, brain and vascular system; the regulation of insulin secretion and glucose metabolism in health and diabetes.

How you'll be assessed

You鈥檒l be set authentic assessment, meaning that your projects, tasks and exercises will replicate the working world of clinical nutrition, ensuring that you are fully prepared for life after graduation.

Career options

You could go onto a wide range of careers, including nutritionist (public sector, private commercial or independent), public health nutritionist, academia research/teaching, commercial research, NHS (various roles) and local and central government (roles in policy and health promotion). In addition, many students are already health professionals and study the course as part of their career development and specialisation.