Short Courses
Nutrition has gained recognition as a major factor in chronic diseases. Research now supports the view that alterations made in diet can have strong effects on health.
Learn to manage chronic diseases through this course that will prepare you with practical knowledge in basic nutrition, effective weight management, benefits of functional foods and healthy menu planning. In addition, you will learn how to optimize exercise performance and recovery by choosing the right nutrition strategies.
Certification
Participants will be issued with a Certificate of Performance upon meeting 75% of the required course attendance.
Dr Kalpana Bhaskaran
Dr Kalpana Bhaskaran is currently the Manager of Nutrition Research at Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. She championed the design, planning and implementation of Singapore’s and the region’s first accredited Glycemic Index Research Unit (GIRU). She is a qualified Nutritionist/Dietitian with more than 15 years of experience in nutrition research, lecturing, project management and consultancy services. She was awarded the inaugural “Teaching Excellence Award” for outstanding lecturing, and holistic development of students in 2009 and National Day President’s award for Education in 2014. She has worked on Healthy Eating and Weight management training programmes with National Heath Care Group, MINDEF, HPB, DSTA and MediaCorp. She is currently the collaborator for the study on “Investigation of prevalence, burden and risk factors of obesity in schizophrenics”. She is also the Principal Investigator for four ongoing clinical trials in the area of Glycemic Index. She is the Chairperson of Media & Public Relations committee of the Singapore Nutrition & Dietetics Association and the Vice-President of the Diabetes Society of Singapore.
Ms Siti Hussain
Ms Siti is currently a lecturer with the Temasek Polytechnic where she has been involved in teaching various food science and nutrition related subjects. She is a graduate with a Masters in Community Nutrition. As a qualified nutritionist, she is involved in various projects and consultation work in the area of applied nutrition, mainly in glycemic index and dietary survey with research organisations and multi-national companies. She also does community nutrition work with the community centres, the mosques and also some non-profit organisations. She has been in the field of applied nutrition for more than 10 years.
Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6:00pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Closed during lunchtime, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
and on weekends and public holidays.
Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)
Temasek Polytechnic
East Wing, Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 4
21 Tampines Avenue 1,
Singapore 529757
Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel a course with low enrolment.
