PHTH5236 (Food, Nutrition, and Health) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Uses an interdisciplinary lens to examine issues at the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. Explores how food is distributed and analyzes the relationships between food retailers and food banks and how this affects food access. Investigates the role of public health services, policies and legislation, funding, marketing, and communication strategies for the development, evaluation, implementation, and dissemination of nutrition programs. Examines and critiques the role of food in the US healthcare industry, including “Food Is Medicine” interventions, clinic-based food referrals, and how these interventions address chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.
Data updated October 2026.