Nutrition and Women’s Health
Inspire healthier living with scientific insights on long-term well-being
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Experience a comprehensive learning journey with Harvard Medical School Executive Education that combines two expert-led programs on lifestyle medicine, nutrition, and women’s health. Gain research-led frameworks to interpret health claims, motivate sustainable behavioral changes, and support long-term wellness in real-world contexts.
Program Overview: Nutrition and Women’s Health
The Nutrition and Women’s Health program from Harvard Medical School Executive Education is a 14-week online program that explores how nutrition planning, behavior change, and women’s health intersect in the context of well-being. By combining two expert-led Harvard Medical School Executive Education programs — Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan and Women’s Health and Wellness Program — the learning journey builds a comprehensive understanding of the science of menopause, preventative care, and healthy living across life stages.
In a landscape often shaped by misinformation and trend-driven narratives around nutrition and women’s midlife health, this program provides a credible, research-led perspective through self-paced learning, applied reflections, and instruction from Harvard Medical School faculty and leading specialists. You will engage with evidence-based frameworks in nutrition and lifestyle medicine alongside insights on mental, cardiovascular, and brain health for women, strengthening your ability to make informed decisions for personal, professional, or community well-being.
Note: This program does not grant academic credit and does not provide certification as a professional coach. This non-degree program offers a certificate of completion to participants who meet the program requirements.
More than 16%
of adult women are estimated to be living with obesity globally.
Source: Global Nutrition Report
25%
more of women’s lives are spent in poor health compared to men, reflecting persistent gaps in diagnosis and clinical evidence.
Source: McKinsey & Company
1.5
times as many women as men experience depression.
Source: World Health Organization
Key Takeaways: Nutrition and Women’s Health
The Women’s Health and Wellness Program will equip you to:
Recognize women’s health changes in midlife and beyond
Integrate evidence-based strategies to optimize women's hormonal and cardiovascular health in midlife
Support women's sexual, cognitive, and mental well‑being with evidence‑based strategies
Design personalized, evidence-informed care strategies and tools for women in midlife
Support women’s well-being through preventive and lifestyle strategies
The Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan program will help you:
Examine the connection between a healthy lifestyle and disease and chronic conditions
Apply the five-step collaborative cycle to motivate and empower clients to adopt and sustain healthy behavioral patterns
Identify evidence-based guidelines for healthy eating patterns and explain why certain foods are health-promoting
Understand the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and explain their dependencies on one another to achieve sustained wellness
Create a plan for behavioral change that starts a joyful journey to adopt and sustain healthy practices through all life stages
Apply a growth mindset, self-compassion, and internal motivators to implement a plan for sustained behavioral change
Who Is the Nutrition and Women’s Health Program For?
This Harvard Medical School Executive Education program is for anyone interested in an evidence-led exploration of nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and women’s health. The program is particularly beneficial for:
Women navigating the midlife health transition
Wellness professionals and coaches
Clinicians, nurses, public health practitioners, and allied health care professionals
Corporate wellness and HR leaders
Entrepreneurs and educators in wellness, nutrition, or preventive health
Note: No prior medical training or professional background in health care is required to enroll in this program.
Program Highlights
Complementary perspectives
Cost and time efficiency
Evidence-led learning
Real-world application
Prevention-focused approach
Community of practice
Live sessions
Self-paced learning
Harvard Medical School certificates
What You Will Learn
Through self-paced modules and applied exercises, the comprehensive curriculum helps you progress from understanding key women’s health considerations during midlife and beyond to examining evidence-based nutrition principles and the behavioral drivers of sustained well-being.
Module 1: Foundations of Women’s Health across the Life Span
Module 2: Redefining Menopause: Health, Wellness, and Renewal
Module 3: Optimizing Women’s Cardiovascular Health in Midlife
Module 4: Gynecological and Sexual Health in Midlife and Beyond
Module 5: Women’s Brain Health
Module 6: Mental and Emotional Health in Women
Module 1: Behavioral Causes of Disease and Lifestyle Impact
Module 2: Coaching and Influencing Others
Module 3: Eating Patterns for Optimal Health
Module 4: Empowering People to Adopt Healthy Eating Practices
Module 5: Diet, Lifestyle, and Disease — The Connection
Module 6: Healthy Eating and Living through the Ages and Stages of Life
Module 7: Applying Nutritional Concepts at the Individual Level
Module 8: Assessing Nutritional and Lifestyle Needs to Develop a Plan
Why Harvard Medical School?
At Harvard Medical School, the Corporate Learning team provides emerging and established organizations with the knowledge they need to address the industry's toughest business challenges. Our extensive portfolio, including a range of cutting-edge Executive Education programs, helps teams achieve their potential by advancing their knowledge and capabilities in diverse areas, including medical science, emerging diseases, digital transformation, designing AI solutions for health care, employee health and wellness, and health care leadership. A comprehensive ecosystem of online, in-person, and hybrid solutions supports learners at all levels — from new hires to CEOs and their leadership teams. Offerings are taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, thought leaders from other schools at Harvard University, and industry-leading practitioners.
Meet the Faculty
Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Beth Frates is a board-certified physiatrist, health and wellness coach, and nationally recognized leader in lifestyle medicine with deep expertise in behavior change and prev...
Lydia E.W. Pace, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Lydia E.W. Pace is a clinician-investigator focused on advancing equity in women’s health service delivery and policy, both in the United States and globally. She is an associ...
Contributing Faculty and Guest Speakers
Meghan Ariagno, MBA, RD, LDN
Bariatric Program Manager, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Meghan Ariagno is a dietitian in weight management with over 12 years of contributing expertise on health coaching in a health care setting. She started her career at the Weig...
Stephanie S. Faubion, MD, MBA
Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida; Penny and Bill George Director, Mayo Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health; Medical Director, The Menopause Society
Stephanie S. Faubion is a clinician with over 10 years of experience at Mayo Clinic's Women's Health Clinic, where she evaluates and treats women with menopausal, hormonal, an...
Tara K. Iyer, MD
Medical Director, Menopause and Midlife Clinic, Division of Women's Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Tara K. Iyer is a NAMS-certified menopause practitioner and works in the Menopause and Midlife Clinic in the Fish Center for Women’s Health. She is a board-certified family me...
Emily Lau, MD
Director, Women's Heart Health Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Emily Lau specializes in women's cardiovascular health, general cardiology, and echocardiography. Her research focuses on understanding how biological sex differences and fema...
Margo Nathan, MD
Assistant Professor, UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders Program
Margo Nathan is a physician-researcher and a faculty member at the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders Program. Her clinical and research interests include the care of perin...
Mary Angela O'Neal, MD
Director, Women’s Neurology Education; Director, Functional Neurology Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Mary O’Neal is an acclaimed medical expert in women’s neurology. She has published numerous papers, edited several books, and delivered lectures globally on the subject. Previ...
Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH
Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Walter Willett is a physician and epidemiologist well known for his work in creating the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate. He is a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the H...
Certificate
Upon completion of this program, you will receive three digital certificates from Harvard Medical School. These include a certificate of completion each for the Women’s Health and Wellness Program, the Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan program, and the Nutrition and Women’s Health program.
Your digitally verified certificates will be issued in your legal name and emailed to you, at no additional cost, upon completion of the program, per the stipulated requirements. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Harvard Medical School.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Nutrition and Women’s Health program provides a comprehensive overview of women’s health in midlife and beyond, covering hormonal balance, heart disease, bone health, and mental health, alongside nutrition and lifestyle medicine.
The Nutrition and Women’s Health program from Harvard Medical School Executive Education provides evidence-led frameworks that can improve patient care through informed screening, lifestyle counseling, and prevention-focused conversations in clinical and community health settings.
While this program is designed for learners from all walks of life, nurse practitioners, clinicians, and professionals across care services and community health will benefit from this program’s structured approach to women’s health that complements patient care without replacing clinical training or state licensing board requirements.
This program does not provide instruction in reproductive health, reproductive care, family planning, infertility, pregnancy care, or prenatal care. These clinical areas fall outside the program’s educational scope. However, it does cover sexual well-being across life stages, including genitourinary syndrome of menopause, vulvovaginal health, and hormone therapy.
The program does not offer training in gynecology, infertility, or reproductive medicine. It is designed for education and professional development rather than clinical specialization.
The Nutrition and Women’s Health program from Harvard Medical School Executive Education explores nutrition service models, healthy eating patterns with fruits and vegetables to support cardiovascular health, metabolic function, and long-term wellness.
The curriculum examines sex-specific risk factors for heart disease and other medical conditions, integrating preventive medicine, lifestyle science, and screening strategies to support earlier risk awareness.
In this Harvard Medical School Executive Education program, learners will explore how hormonal balance, stress, sleep, and menopause influence women’s mental and emotional health.
Participants spend approximately three to five hours per week on curriculum content and applied activities, with self-paced online modules and live online sessions throughout the program.
The curriculum is designed for anyone seeking practical, evidence-led insights into lifestyle-informed well-being and women’s midlife health, including clinicians, health care professionals, wellness coaches, entrepreneurs, educators, and health enthusiasts. No prior medical training or experience is required for enrollment.
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