Nutrition and Health

Overview

During the Nutrition and Health programme at the University of Roehampton, you will explore how good nutrition enhances wellbeing, and can help manage or prevent disease, and look at the latest science to analyse the link between food and health, and how that can be applied to individuals, the public and groups such as athletes and older adults.  

The degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition, so when you graduate you can become a Registered Associate Nutritionist and help others lead healthy lives. You will gain the skills to tackle topical issues and understand the effects of food and nutrition on health – an area of increasing public and clinical interest. 

Throughout your time with us, you will be supported in a welcoming and diverse community of staff and students, on a beautiful parkland campus. You will have access to our state-of-the art facilities and excellent laboratories, including our food lab, with sensory analysis tasting booths, and specialist laboratories for physiology, microbiology and computing. 

Career options

You could go on to work in the NHS, in areas such as health policy or health promotion, or become a public health nutritionist. Some of our graduates have taken their skills into the food and beverage industry, working in product development or food safety. You could also go on to further study and research at postgraduate level. 

Accreditation

The programme is accredited by the Association for Nutrition, so once you graduate you can become a Registered Associate Nutritionist.