American food and nutrition majors include food science and nutrition. You will systematically study food safety and quality, nutritional components, food production and recipe development, healthy diet planning and nutrition consultation.
Food science mainly studies food production and safety (what happens before food enters the kitchen).
Nutrition majors mainly train nutritionists.
American food and nutrition majors will combine the two, and they will conduct extensive interdisciplinary research in healthy eating and living.
American food and nutrition majors are usually located under the agricultural college, applied science college, human ecology, family economics, family and consumer science of large comprehensive universities. Moreover, some schools have set up food science majors and nutrition majors separately.
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1. Kansas State University | School of Human Ecology
2. Michigan State University | College of Natural Sciences
3. Middle Tennessee State University | Graduate School
4. new york University | steinhardt Education College
5. St. Louis University | Graduate School
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Britain: Food science or nutrition is a discipline related to human health, quality of life and ecology. In Britain, it is generally called food science. There are many universities offering nutrition courses, mainly those with excellent research level and teaching strength in medical and biological related disciplines.
A powerful university in the field of food science (nutrition) in Britain.
The schools offering these majors are mainly some schools with excellent research level and teaching strength in medical and biological related disciplines. Mainly include: King's College London, Surrey University, Nottingham University, Reading University, Newcastle University, Leeds University, etc.
Characteristics of universities in this field:
1. King's College London emphasizes nutrition and dietary nutrition.
2. The goal of Surrey University is to cultivate comprehensive talents who knows both management and food processing industry. The course focuses on management knowledge, but the advantage lies in the organic combination of management skills and food industry.
3. University of Nottingham: This major is jointly offered by the Department of Food Science and the Business School. Its purpose is to train students to become production or technical management professionals in food processing industry, especially those who want to engage in food quality management and food sensory science research.
4. University of Reading: The courses offered are comprehensive, including three teaching-oriented master programs: Master of Science in Food Economics and Marketing, Master of Science in Food Science, and Master of Science in Food Technology-Quality Assurance.
5. Newcastle University and Leeds University, as famous universities in the fields of biology and medicine, are second to none in the UK in food science. Specific courses also cover a wide range, including food science, food biotechnology, food quality assurance and food science and nutrition.
The top universities in Canadian nutrition are: mount saint vincent university, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, University of Western Ontario, University of mcmanus, University of Manitoba, etc.
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