RIT's nutritional sciences degree combines nutrition, biology, and behavioral health to prepare you to design and administer health, nutrition, and wellness programs. Understanding nutrition and its power to treat and prevent illness and disease can have a remarkable impact on our health. Educating the public about the benefits of nutrition and the various ways healthy living can improve our well-being is the focus of the BS degree in nutritional sciences. Nutritional science encompasses the study of food, nutrients, and dietary substances and their effects on the human body. The field investigates the complex interactions between diet and health with a goal of developing strategies that improve health and reduce the risk of disease. It's a dynamic health care field where nutritional scientists identify ways to help people and communities live healthier, better manage their health, and prevent disease and/or disease progression.