Courses
Food for Healthy Ageing
Start Date: 22 Jan 2025 | End Date: 05 Mar 2025
Peninsula Plaza, 111 North Bridge Road, Unit 07-05/06, Singapore 179098
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 80 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-2025-01-01 |
| Course Start | 22/01/2025 |
| Course End | 05/03/2025 |
| Registration | Open |
| Duration | 21 hours over 6 sessions |
| Sessions | Wednesday, 2:00 - 5:30 pm, 22/1, 5/2, 12/2, 19/2, 26/2, 5/3 |
| 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.
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| 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, 111 North Bridge Road, Unit 07-05/06, Singapore 179098 |
| 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 |
| SkillsFuture Credit (SFC) | Applicable |
| SACE Membership Credit (SMC) | Applicable for SACE members |
| Contact Person | Secretariat Tel: 6266 0648 or Email: secretariat@sace.org.sg |
