Feedback from Helen and Simone - Week 3 - Aug 2017

Lead Educator Helen Truby and Course Educator Dr Simone Gibson respond informally to the 3rd and final week of learner activity in the online “Food as Medicine“ course by Monash University, which is finishing up on FutureLearn #FLFoodAsMed. www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine

Topics this week include:

00:05 Intro week 3. Welcome Simone again. Melissa is in the UK.
00:21 Fantastic run. Nearly 12,000 learners on board. 15,000+
00:34 Hot Topics: nutrition information quality. Budget v time. Portion sizes.
01:07 Portion sizes discussion. Alcohol. Plate sizes.
01:58 Plates and similarities in dietary guidelines. Australia v worldwide. Similarities.
02:50 Trying new foods. Eg. Celeriac *
03:37 Popular diets poll results. Mediterranean diet still at the top. *
04:18 Modified fasting. Monash study. Evidence and research lag.
05:34 Vending machine activity discussion. * Tiredness influencing food choices.
07:21 Wrap up. Upgrade, access, certificate. Next run in October.
07:56 using Food as Medicine is about life long changes
08:03 Fighting Inflammation recipe e-book available from shop.futurelearn.com *
08:28 Thanks and wrap up

*Links or References:
(NB you may only be able to access some of these links if you are enrolled in the course):

Revisit step 3.7 ‘The challenge with portion sizes’
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine/4/steps/188094

Visit eatforhealth.gov.au for Australian Dietary Guidelines
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/
Includes the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating

Revisit step 3.2 ‘Popular diets’ poll
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine/4/steps/188089

“Definition of the Mediterranean Diet: A Literature Review”. Published online 2015 Nov 5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663587/
We often provide links to free abstracts from research papers as optional additional reading. Please note there is never a requirement to purchase or read the full papers, which in many cases may require a fee or a paid subscription in order to access.

Revisit step 2.9 to access the Vending Machine exercise
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine/4/steps/188069

Class-Central.com review site:
https://www.class-central.com/mooc/5742/futurelearn-food-as-medicine

Mooc-list.com review site:
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/food-medicine-futurelearn
 
CourseTalk.com review site:
https://www.coursetalk.com/providers/futurelearn/courses/food-as-medicine

Share your personal story of doing the course with FutureLearn: 
http://learner-stories.futurelearn.com/

“Using Food as Medicine: Fighting Inflammation”- available from the FutureLearn Shop:
https://shop.futurelearn.com/collections/all-available/products/food-as-medicine-recipe-book-pdf-anti-inflammatory-edition
Anti-inflammatory recipe eBook produced by Monash University’s Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food available from both the FutureLearn shop and directly from Monash.

'Food as Medicine' is a 3 week online course by Monash University, available on FutureLearn, with Lead Educator Professor Helen Truby.

Register interested to be notified when dates are announced for next run here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/food-as-medicine
Follow @FLFoodAsMed on Twitter. Tag #FLFoodAsMed in social media.

Other Monash courses available on FutureLearn: http://www.monash.edu/learning-teaching/massive-open-online-courses



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