Nutrition and Health Courses

Nutrition and Health student Lia Thorpe stands in a professional kitchen space wearing a white lab coat.

Biology, food science, psychology – nutrition brings many subjects together to understand the pivotal role food plays in leading a healthy life. In our food skills area and our biosciences labs, you’ll test how certain foods are produced and investigate their properties.
Because our course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition, you can register as an associate nutritionist when you graduate. Complete a placement or join research projects as a student to prepare for jobs with the NHS, in health promotion, the food industry and more.

Can food prevent disease? What nutrients do our organs need? How do we educate people about holistic health and wellbeing? Answer these key questions and more at Edge Hill. Combining biology, food science, sociology and psychology, we’ll help you understand the nutritional needs of society and explore how food plays a pivotal role in living a healthy lifestyle.

In our food skills area, as well as our modern biosciences labs, you’ll test how certain foods are manufactured and produced, investigate the physical properties of food, and conduct sensory evaluations. You’ll learn from a supportive teaching team of registered nutritionists and dietitians who research a range of topics, from pregnancy to endurance running, food science to autism and ADHD.

Our course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition – and this means you’ll be able to register as an associate nutritionist. You’ll be ready for roles within local authorities, the NHS, food industry and health promotion. As a student, you can complete a placement or a year in industry, in areas like the food industry, dietetic shadowing, schools or public health. One student worked with the Nutrition Society and won an award for the research project she was part of.

We’re 1st in the North West for student satisfaction in Food Science (Complete University Guide 2022). Learn in our professional food skills area, science lab and Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre. Here you’ll find everything from sphygmomanometers to bariatric and geriatric suits.
Kickstart your career by applying for direct entry as a registered associate nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition when you finish the course. Completing our career module in final year will help you confidently move from education to the world of work.
100% of our Nutrition graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2017-18). Completing our career module in final year will help you confidently move from education to the world of work.

Courses

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Nutrition & Health

BSc (Hons)

Gain eligibility to apply for Direct Entry as a Registered Associate Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition on a degree which explores the role of food and nutrition in the promotion of health and prevention of disease.

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UCAS Code:	B400
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Nutrition & Health	BSc (Hons)	B400

Student Views

I’m fascinated with what we put in our bodies and why. On this course you don’t just study the biochemical aspects of nutrition but the psychosocial aspects as well.

Lia Thorpe

BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Health

Since I’ve been at Edge Hill I’ve discovered a confidence I didn’t know I had and I feel more inspired.

Lydia Powner

BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Health

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Facilities

A Nutrition student prepares food in the kitchen facilities in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine. A professional food science laboratory and kitchen space enables Nutrition students to undertake a variety of practical work with foods in a purpose-built environment.

This dedicated space and the University’s modern Biosciences laboratories are used to test how certain foods are manufactured and produced, investigate the physical properties of food, and conduct sensory evaluations. You will also have opportunities to participate in enterprise initiatives and research activity using the Nutrition facilities.

Learning resources for Nutrition students include sphygmomanometers (for measuring resting blood pressure to indicate cardio vascular risk), bariatric and geriatric suits to experience physical and mobility restrictions, wrist-based global positioning systems (garmin devices) that measure exercise duration, energy expenditure and heart rate, and actigraphs which estimate exercise intensity and track sleep quality and duration.

Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine 360 Virtual Tour

Gallery

Students prepare food in the kitchen facilities in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine.

A student adds the finishing touches to plates of food on a kitchen worktop.

A student opens a fridge door while students work in the kitchen facilities behind her.

Students chop tomatoes and carrots in the kitchen facilities in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine.

A student stirs the contents of a pan while another student chops carrots further down the same workbench.

A student drains water from a pan of broccoli.

A student chops carrots in kitchen facilities, alongside a saucepan on a hob. Another student stirs the contents of another pan further along the same workbench.

A Nutrition student adds ingredients to a saucepan on the hob, while another students chops carrots alongside her.

A student measures the height of one of her peers using a stadiometer.

A student attaches a mask to the face of one of her peers to measure carbon dioxide output.

A student adjust a mask, used to measure carbon dioxide output, on the face of one of her peers.

A student undertakes a sub-maximal exercise test.

A student prepares to receive a bioelectrical impedance test to measure body composition.

A student prepares to undertake a bioelectrical impedance test to measure the body composition of one of her peers.

A student assesses the body composition of one of her peers using bioelectrical impedance in the Sports Centre.

A student assesses resting metabolic rate using indirect calorimetry.

A student adjust the flow rate to a body mass for accurate estimation of resting metabolism.

Students learn about organs in the body using an anatomical model.

Students learn about anatomy with an anatomical model of a human torso.

Students explore the gastrointestinal system using an anatomical model.

Two students examine the structure of the thorax using an anatomical model.

A student in a white lab coat examines a blue solution in a conical flask as part of a laboratory practical session.

A student in a white lab coat uses a pipette to transfer blue reagent from a conical flask to a test tube.

A student pipettes a solution into a test tube in a laboratory.

Students stand at laboratory benches, working individually, pipetting solutions into a variety of glassware.

A student pipettes a solution into test tubes in a laboratory.

Students filter a ground substance through a funnel.

A student examines the liquid contents of a jar during a practical session in a biosciences laboratory.

A student uses a pestle and mortar during a practical session in a biosciences laboratory.

A student is observed by three of her peers as she dissects meat in a biosciences laboratory.

A student holds meat she is dissecting, while one of her peers looks on, during a practical session in a biosciences laboratory.

A student puts on a bariatric suit in order to experience physical activity with the physical restrictions associated with obesity.

A student wears a bariatric suit to demonstrate the restrictions of physical activity associated with obesity.

A student wearing a bariatric suit tries to stand from a sedentary position.

A student wearing a bariatric suit tries to sit up from a lying down position.

A student wearing jeans and a jumper over a bariatric suit walks around a gym, supported by two of her peers, one holding each arm.

Open Days and Virtual Events

A prospective student and her parents tour the campus during an open day, seen here walking across a bridge by the lake on the western side of campus. If you are considering studying at Edge Hill University, the best way to gain an insight into the student experience is to discover our stunning campus for yourself by attending an open day.

You can tour the campus, including the halls of residence, with a student guide. There will also be opportunities to attend presentations and view subject facilities.

Alternatively, our virtual open day pages offer the chance to discover everything that Edge Hill University has to offer and find out more about any subjects of interest, including nutrition and health, through a series of online activities.

Book your place at an open day

View our virtual open day pages