The course examines the concepts, and the relationship between, nutrition, fitness, health and wellness. The impact of establishing a healthy lifestyle according to the determinants of health and wellness is discussed. Focus is placed on the key factors and considerations necessary to plan, create and implement a fitness and healthy living program for individuals and community groups. Students should have a foundational level of knowledge in nutrition before enrolling in this course. NHW 100 is a pre-requisite for NHW 102.
No Scheduled Class Meetings, May 6 - July 14 (Online)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Kelsey Vercammen
Notes:
Pre-requisite: NHW 100
Instructors
Kelsey Vercammen
Dr. Kelsey Vercammen is an instructor in the Nutrition, Health, and Wellness program at McMaster University. Her research portfolio focuses on nutritional epidemiology, with particular areas of interest including causes and points of intervention for obesity and food insecurity. Kelsey currently works as an Epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Prior to this, she worked as an Epidemiologist for The Regional Municipality of York.
Kelsey obtained her PhD in Population Health Sciences and Master of Science in Epidemiology at Harvard University. She is also an alumnus of McMaster University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Health Sciences.
