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Nutrition, Heart Disease & Diabetes

The science of nutrition and how it drives — or prevents — heart disease and diabetes, with practical dietary tools.

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1,480 enrolledUpdated 2026-09
8 weeks 8 modules · 41 lessons ~1 hours of learning English Certificate of completion
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Dr. Zainab Yusuf
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What You'll Learn

Explain and apply the core concepts of foundations of nutrition.
Explain and apply the core concepts of heart disease and cardiovascular health.
Explain and apply the core concepts of blood glucose regulation and diabetes.
Explain and apply the core concepts of one system, two diagnoses.
Explain and apply the core concepts of dietary patterns and chronic disease.
Explain and apply the core concepts of practical nutrition: the plate method.

About This Course

Nutrition, Heart Disease & diabetes connects the food on the plate to the two epidemics reshaping global health. Modules build from macronutrients, energy balance and metabolism, through atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk, blood-glucose regulation and the diabetic spectrum, the shared roots of heart disease and diabetes, the evidence on whole dietary patterns, practical tools like the plate method, why knowledge alone doesn't change behaviour, and nutrition across the life course — children, adolescents and older adults.

How it works

  • Enroll free in the Tapi Learn app — no payment, no ads
  • Learn lesson-by-lesson; pass each module quiz (60%) to progress
  • Score 80%+ on the final assessment to earn your certificate

Course Curriculum

8 modules · 41 lessons · ~1h total
Why Nutrition Is the Starting Point
2 min
Carbohydrates
2 min
Fats (Lipids)
2 min
Protein
2 min
Micronutrients and Other Dietary Components
2 min
Energy Balance and Metabolism
3 min

Your Instructor

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Dr. Zainab Yusuf

Public Health Physician & Nutrition Researcher

ACLA Faculty

Public health physician and nutrition researcher focused on preventing cardiometabolic disease in African communities.

MBBS, MPH NutritionNoncommunicable disease programme leadACLA Faculty

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