After completing the course, the student will be familiar with the basics of chronic disease epidemiology and nutritional epidemiology.
Epidemiology, prevention and control of chronic, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; nutritional epidemiology (e.g. measurement of dietary intake in epidemiologic studies).
Pass/fail, course assignment (learning diary).
Students who will complete all parts of the course will earn 4 ECTS. Students who complete other parts of the course except the seminar in Helsinki (Part IA) will earn 3 ECTS.
There will be some reading or other homework before a part of the lectures and practicals. The students will keep a 2-day dietary record before the last practical.