HED 2301 - Nutrition

Credits: 3 hrs

As our knowledge of nutrition and its effect on health is rapidly changing and expanding, this course is designed to help the student understand basic principles which will allow the student to critically analyze nutrition information encountered in the future and to give students an appreciation for the impact of foods and nutrition on our daily lives. The areas which will be explored are the nutrients, their digestion and metabolism, energy balance, obesity, weight management, nutritional assessment, diet planning, nutrition during life cycle changes, and nutrition and disease.
Pre-requisite(s): BIO 1301 - Biological Concepts with a C or better grade and MAT 1311 - College Algebra or MAT 1323 - Topics in Contemporary Math with a “C” or better grade