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Aug 31, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HFN 525 - Food Policy and Health Outcomes in the United States
This online course is an overview of how food access and health outcomes are influenced by federal and local municipal public policy. The class will include a brief overview of the American political system followed by a deeper analysis of some specific public policies that can lead to food access inequities and adverse health outcomes including, but not limited to: taxation, land use and zoning, agriculture policy, environmental policy, education policy, economic inequality, media influences and cultural biases. At the conclusion of the semester, students will be asked to conduct a case study analysis of a recent federal or local food policy decision and asked to evaluate the ways in which the policy succeeded or failed in achieving its mission. How should success and failure be measured? How could the policy be improved? What unintended consequences were discovered? Is the policy scalable to other municipalities?
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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