Nutrition Digital Badges Portfolio

• Assessing Nutrition Information equips learners with the essential skills necessary to evaluate the credibility and quality of nutrition information and interpret and communicate it effectively to consumers.

• Food Sustainability: From Farm to Table explores food sustainability from agricultural practices and manufacturing to distribution, retail, and consumer behavior.

• Nutrition in Industry: Product Development and Promotion imparts the skills required to develop and promote a nutrition product, including cultivating an innovator's mindset and understanding the regulatory environment.

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
• Nutritionist and Dietetics Technician, Registered
• Copywriter
• Food Service Manager
• Food Scientist
• School Nutrition Director
• Community Health Educator
• Health Journalist 
• Health Policy Analyst

• Communications
• Food Service & Technology
• Health & Wellness
• Health Communications and Journalism
• Healthcare
• Personal Services
• Product Development Specialist (Nutrition)
• Research
• Public Health

Level 1 - Badge

Highlights and Outcomes

• Identify the signs of nutrition and health misinformation.
• Understand and describe the structure and components of a published nutrition research study.
• Recognize the importance of the peer review process
• Analyze the hierarchy of designing a nutrition research study and differentiate major study designs, including their strengths and weaknesses.
• Evaluate the quality and credibility of nutrition and health-related information.

Approved for CPEUs in accordance with the Commission of Dietetic Registration's CPEU Prior Approval Program. Please see each offering for complete details.

Level 1 - Badge

Highlights and Outcomes

• Describe the sustainability of conventional and alternative agricultural practices and food systems.
• Discuss sustainability in the context of food processing, distribution, and retail.
• Examine what sustainability means with respect to food products and the determinants of consumer and household choices.
• Evaluate the economic, social, and technical barriers and trade-offs that challenge a sustainable food system.

Approved for CPEUs in accordance with the Commission of Dietetic Registration's CPEU Prior Approval Program, please see each offering for details.

Level 1 - Badge

Highlights and Outcomes

• Explain key stages of new product development in the food industry.
• Describe the critical principles of US FDA requirements relevant to labeling foods and dietary supplements.
• Summarize the diverse challenges and global forces shaping consumer markets and consumer behaviors.
• Produce a plan for a marketing communications campaign for a nutrition/food-related product or service that incorporates content and influencer marketing strategies.

Approved for CPEUs in accordance with the Commission of Dietetic Registration's CPEU Prior Approval Program, please see each offering for details.