Health & Nutrition Within the Family

Catalog description

This course examines human growth and development through the life cycle, from prenatal nutrition through old age within the family system. It involves the study of the interrelationship between eating habits and lifestyle and their implications for long term health and wellness. Among the issues covered will be: preventative care; infant and elder care; cardiovascular health; stress; substance abuse; and eating and behavioral disorders. In addition, this course will explore current trends in processing and marketing foods and other important socioeconomic, cultural and life cycle factors that effect human growth and development.