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Food and wellbeing (5 cr)

Code: MR00DU45-3002

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

26.10.2020 - 20.12.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Tourism and Service Business

Teachers

  • Johanna Rapo

Teacher in charge

Johanna Rapo

Groups

  • AVMIMR20KPOV
    Avoin AMK, Mikkeli, matkailua ja ravitsemisala

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?

Evaluation scale

1-5