Social Psychology of Eating Behavior (NUTR-0273)

Spring 2026 · NUTR 0273 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

This project aims to develop a course that uses innovation techniques from the technology industry to generate intensive problem-solving experiences that result in transformational learning experiences. Students will participant in a Hackathon and complete an Innovation Time Off project geared toward public health issues (e.g., obesity, health care access). The course covers classic and new Social Psychological phenomenon applied to public health nutrition issues. After taking the course, students should be able to summarize key phenomena and generate insights about a particular nutrition problem of interest. Prerequisite: Recommended: NUTR 0211: Theories of Behavior Change and Their Application in Nutrition and Public Health Interventions or NUTB 0211: Theories of Behavior Change, and graduate standing or instructor consent.

Course codes: NUTR-0273, NUTR 0273, NUTR0273, NUTR-273, NUTR 273, NUTR273

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