人类营养，食品和运动科学理学硕士-行为与社区科学

计划目标：学生将能够识别，理解和应用科学方法的基本概念（观察，预测和实验/干预），因为它与社区和临床环境中的人类营养，食物和体育活动有关设置。教师在社区和临床环境中研究和调查人类营养，食物和体育锻炼行为。研究重点：针对临床，社区和公共卫生场所的体育锻炼，饮食习惯和/或营养摄入量，探索和实施适当的行为评估策略，评估行为营养和体育锻炼政策，计划和实践方法的影响，翻译向公众提供饮食和身体活动指南，利用个人，社会和身体环境特征在个人，社区和/或公共健康级别促进或抑制健康饮食和身体活动。
The department offers a Master of Science in HNFE degree in Behavioral and Community Science, Clinical Physiology and Metabolism, and Molecular and Cellular Science. <br>Our mission is to discover, translate, and disseminate health-related advances in the nutrition, food, and exercise sciences. The work of the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (HNFE) contributes significantly to scientific progress through molecular and clinical advances leading to prevention and improved treatment of obesity and chronic diseases, behavioral discoveries that lead to effective intervention programs for youth and adults, and interdisciplinary research teams who speed the translation of scientific discoveries to effective therapeutic and public health interventions that will benefit Virginians and the nation. We provide exceptional training for our students focusing on the preparation of future professionals who are knowledgeable, committed to life-long learning, ethical, culturally sensitive, and able to work collaboratively as well as independently. Training in the use of rigorous scientific inquiry is the cornerstone of the HNFE graduate program. We foster innovation across all three Virginia Tech missions areas - teaching, research, and outreach - by (1) supporting programs that promote sustainability and community viability and encouraging student participation in research and extension, (2) designing, developing, and implementing programs and policies through a participatory and shared effort between the HNFE research and teaching community, and (3) utilizing our teaching and research expertise to improve the health across diverse populations. Finally, the department's main focus is on addressing one of the most critical public health challenges of today - chronic disease.