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By Lauren Mahan
r. Neal Malik, a prolific author and regularly featured healthy lifestyles expert on television and radio, now oversees the new Master of Science in Nutrition for Wellness program at Bastyr University’s San Diego campus. The two-year program aims to give students the tools and knowledge they need to help others achieve and maintain optimal health.
Students will take on average 13 credits per quarter to achieve the 81 credits required for graduation. Daytime classes are held Monday through Friday at Bastyr’s Sorrento Valley location. While one course per quarter will be available online on a rotating basis, the program is designed for students who can attend classes on a full or close to full-time basis.
According to Malik, over the next decade the demand for nutrition-related services will far exceed the supply of qualified practitioners in cutting-edge careers such as corporate wellness, community health, group nutrition education and nutrition marketing and communications.
“I wish this program had been around when I was getting my degree!” Malik says. “In my early career as a health educator conducting nutrition and weight-management classes, I would spend hours researching healthy recipes for my students. Had I gone through this program, I would have had the nutritional foundation and knowledge to create my own healthy recipes and menus.”
“It is predicted that within the next five years there will be a shortfall of 18,000 full-time nutrition professionals in the U.S. and Canada,” he says. “Our goal is to help fill that need with qualified graduates armed with relevant, state-of-the-art nutritional health information who can motivate others to achieve their optimal wellness potential.”
Bastyr University is one of only five accredited naturopathic schools in the United States, and the only accredited school of naturopathic medicine in California. Enrollment for the Master of Science in Nutrition for Wellness begins in the fall. For enrollment and other
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Bastyr offers new MS in Nutrition for Wellness
“ It is predicted that within the next five years, there will be a shortfall of 18,000 full-time nutrition professionals in the U.S. and Canada.” ~Neal Malik, Ph.D., MPH, RDN information, contact Annette Moore at 858-246-9715 (amoore@bastyr.edu). Lauren Mahan is a freelance writer with over 30 years’ experience based in Valley Center, North Park and points south (Baja). She is the Tidbits editor for Edible San Diego and a frequent feature article contributor.
Bastyr’s new state-of-the-art teaching kitchen open to the public In addition to functioning as a hands-on laboratory for Bastyr graduate students, as of fall 2015 the new teaching kitchen at Bastyr’s Sorrento Valley campus has launched a new whole-food cooking series—Cooking for Healthy Living—taught by local cooking guru Fernanda Larson. Classes are open to the public and are limited to 25 attendees.
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The class fee of $40 includes all ingredients and materials, as well as generous samples and printed recipes to take home. Discounted prices are available to college students, military, seniors and patients of Bastyr University Clinic. For more information on Cooking for Healthy Living classes, contact sdclinicmarketing@bastyr.edu. Bastyr University, Sorrento Valley Campus 4106 Sorrento Valley Blvd. 858-246-9700
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