NUTR 3220 - Food Communication: Nutrition, Culture and Sustainability

Communication affects and shapes collective and individual understandings of health, nutrition, the environment, and culture(s). This course will utilize a cultural studies approach to critically evaluate how dominant cultural discourses have a significant impact on health, nutrition and food related messages, and what the implications are for communicating about food. In particular, the course will focus on examining the practical, cultural and structural barriers to communicating healthy practices relating to food and nutrition.