What is the LET Program?

The Leadership, Education and Training (LET) Program in Maternal and Child Nutrition provides graduate education and training and continuing education programs for Registered Dietitians, nutritionists and other health professionals who are interested in developing a specialization in maternal and child nutrition.

The LET program is part of the graduate program in public health nutrition, located in the Division of Epidemiology within the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Areas of faculty expertise and specialization include: maternal nutrition, child and adolescent nutrition, prevention of eating disorders, childhood obesity, school and community nutrition intervention programs, dietary assessment methods, nutritional epidemiology, and factors affecting child and adolescent growth and development. This program is supported through a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.

Graduate studies | Continuing education | Free curricula

Nutrition Curricula : Learning Modules

The LET Program believes that all health care professionals who work with women, infants, children and adolescents should have advanced training in the area of maternal and child nutrition.

The LET Program has contracted with leaders in the field of public health, maternal and child health and maternal and pediatric nutrition to develop web based curricula on maternal and child nutrition related topics.

Public Health Nutrition | Childhood Obesity | Health Disparities | Connecting with Pregnant Adolescents

National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course

The National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course is a continuing education program that focuses on improving the health outcomes of preconceptional, pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women and their infants. The course provides an overview of factors that affect the nutritional status of women of childbearing age, a variety of cutting edge nutrition issues related to pregnancy and lactation, and characteristics of effective nutrition counseling and services. Distance education opportunites are available.

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