Studying Nutrition Could Transform Your Life!



                                            
There is one thing that we all strive to have and that is passion. There is no better feeling than waking up in the morning and being passionate about what you are doing. This is what we teach our students studying Nutrition@ St Ann’s College for women.
There are so many challenges we face with our health today and becoming a nutrition graduate can help so many people in need of the correct and most authentic information pertaining to health and Nutrition.
Studying Nutrition Can Help You To:
  • Help a family member or loved one regain their health
  • Practice nutrition as a consultant in your local community
  • Become an author and write a recipe book or nutrition book
  • Make  documentary films on the topics of public health concern
  • Have the knowledge to heal and care for your body
and so much more !
If any of the above sends your pulse racing, puts a smile on your face, or has your brain overflowing with ideas and visions for your future, then that’s exactly what we aspire to do at the Department of Nutrition at St Ann’s college for Women.
We want our Nutrition students empowered by the knowledge they  gain throughout their study and feel a boost of confidence that they are equipped and ready to spread the message of health and well being to not only their loved ones, but to the whole world! 



                                      


Thomas A.Edison rightly said “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” We at Nutrition department of St Ann's College for women want you to become these doctors of the future.

We want you to become a passionate leader in nutrition and natural healing and join us in our mission of lighting up the world with health and wellness.

                                     

 Nasreen Begum,
Faculty @ Dept of Nutrition
St Ann's college for Women.

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