Year 2023
October 2023

Courses

Food for Healthy Ageing

Start Date: 17 Apr 2024 | End Date: 05 Jun 2024
Peninsula Plaza


About National Silver Academy (NSA)
The National Silver Academy (NSA) is a network of post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs) (i.e. ITE, polytechnics, universities and arts institutions) and community-based organisations that offer learning opportunities that are subsidised for seniors. Seniors and PRs aged 50 years and above can look forward to attending short courses and bite-sized courses that are exam free. For courses run by community-based organisations, the final fee payable – for both Singaporean and Permanent Resident seniors – takes into account the support given by the government to community-based organisations to develop and offer the short courses.

About The Singapore Association for Continuing Education (SACE)
The Singapore Association for Continuing Education (SACE) is a registered charity with MOE. It offers over 70 courses under the National Silver Academy, most of which are highly subsidised for Singaporeans & Permanent Residents aged 50 and above. SACE serves the continuing learning needs of adults of all ages.

Course Details
Course Number  SACE-CBO-M-044E-2024-01-01
Course Start 17/04/2024
Course End 05/06/2024
Registration Closed
Duration 21 hours over 6 sessions
Sessions Wednesday, 2:00 - 5:30 pm, 17/4, 24/4, 8/5, 15/5, 29/5, 5/6
Objective To upgrade the level of public awareness and knowledge of health through food. “Let food be your medicine”
Description Food has a profound effect on our health and well-being, the more we age. This course will provide an enlightening and practical coverage of our body’s nutritional needs, how our body responds to food and lifestyle, the impact of food on health and longevity, what constitutes correct and balanced food intake, and how food could play a role in healing chronic and degenerative diseases.

Coverage:

  1. Introduction to Healthy Ageing.
  2. Preventing Obesity and Diabetes.
  3. Preventing Heart Attack.
  4. Staying Smart Staying Cancer-free.
  5. Healthy Longevity.
Trainer Dr Ang Poon Liat

Dr Ang  gives public lectures on medical nutrition with a focus on food for healthy ageing after his retirement in 2019 from 49 years of pediatric practice. He is the author of two books on nutrition and the use good food as medicine to provide roadmaps for recovery from major epidemics of chronic degenerative diseases. He graduated with a MBBS, Master of Med Pediatrics, Member Royal College of Physician, Singapore Academy of Medicines, MD.

Medium of Instruction  English
Venue Peninsula Plaza
Application Register online with details on Course Topic, Start Date, Full Name (as in NRIC/FIN), Date of Birth, Gender, NRIC/FIN, Race, Citizenship, Address & Postal Code, Email and Contact Number.
Fees Payable $96.60 pp NSA fee for Singaporean/PR age 50 and above, $483.00 pp for all others
Payment Register and pay online via PayPal, Credit Card, Internet payment to SACE DBS 049-001627-1.

SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) Applicable
SACE Membership Subsidy (SMS) Applicable for SACE members
Contact Person Secretariat Tel: 6266 0648  or Email: secretariat@sace.org.sg