NUTR& 101 Nutrition (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Natural Sciences; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
Introduction to the role of nutrition in human health with respect to essential nutrients, factors that affect eating habits, food advertising, nutrition and disease and establishing a healthy lifestyle.
Course Content
A. Diet planning principles
B. Eating habits
C. Food labels
D. Nutritional information vs. misinformation
E. Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s)
F. Essential nutrients
G. Digestions and absorption of nutrients
H. Energy balance and weight management
I. Nutrition for physical activity and exercise
J. Food safety
K. Diet and health
L. Lifecycle nutrition
Student Outcomes
1. Discuss and define diet planning principles and their application for individual dietary needs.
2. Identify factors that influence eating habits.
3. Evaluate a food label and identify reliable and unreliable sources of nutritional information.
4. Define and apply the Dietary Reference Intakes and their use for healthy individuals.
5. Identify the essential nutrients, their basic functions in the body and significant sources.
6. Sequence the steps for digestion of food and absorption of nutrients, and identify factors that influence these processes.
7. Discuss the concept of energy balance as it relates to exercise, nutrition and weight management.
8. Discuss the principles of fitness and the unique energy and nutrient needs for physical activity and exercise.
9. Discuss food safety and consumer issues.
10. Identify the relationship between nutrition and disease.
11. Identify the changes in nutritional requirements throughout all life stages.
12. Demonstrate proficiency in analysis of a Food Intake Record.
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Natural Sciences: Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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