The professionally-accredited BSc (Hons) Nutrition at Liverpool John Moores University is taught by research-active staff and offers excellent employment prospects in a range of fields related to nutrition.

This interesting and engaging degree programme will enable you to understand the rapidly changing challenges facing nutrition for healthcare and promotion, nutrition for health focused food production and nutrition associated research. After graduation, career opportunities include working as a qualified nutritionist promoting healthier eating habits and lifestyles, plus diverse roles within primary care organisations, public health directorates and the multi-billion pound food industry.

With chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes all influenced by the diet we consume, there is a need for expert nutritionists to provide well informed and sound scientifically-based advice. This Nutrition programme has been designed to develop essential knowledge and understanding as well as intellectual, practical and transferable skills that a nutritionist would require in order to practice.

The BSc Nutrition curriculum focuses on the delivery of the five core competencies set out by the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN) as set out by the Association for Nutrition (AfN): Nutritional Science; Food Chain; Social and Behavioural Science; Health and Well-being and Professional Conduct.

Career opportunities include working as a:​

• Fully qualified, registered nutritionist in both the public and private sectors
• Health Promotion Officer
• Specialist Food Technologist
• Health Information Adviser
• Assistant Dietetic Practitioner
• Research Scientist (Life Sciences)