Food and wellbeingLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the importance of food and nutrition to the customers' wellbeing.
You know the Finnish dietary recommendations and are familiar with the most common special diets and know how use them in meal and menu planning and in customer service situations.
You can evaluate the healthiness of meals and menus by using recommendations and existing criteria and models.
You understand the conversation concerning eating and can participate in it professionally.
You are familiar with the possibilities of healthy Finnish food in wellbeing tourism.

Content

What kind of food choices promote health and wellbeing ?
What kind of limitations do diseases, beliefs and food trends cause for food choices and how are different diets composed ?
How to evaluate the nutritional quality of meals and menus?
What opportunities does Finnish food provide for food and wellbeing tourism?

Accomplishment methods

Students can
use professional vocabulary systematically.
look for information in the key information sources of the field.
work together with customers, users and target groups.
use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.