LIFECYCLE NUTRITION

Catalog description

This course will provide knowledge and understanding of cognitive, psychological, physical, and nutritional needs throughout all the developmental stages of the lifecycle, including prenatal, infant, toddler, school-age, adolescents, adulthood, and older age. This course will also cover key nutritional needs, chronic diseases, and nutritional disorders related to each developmental stage, as well as medial nutrition practices, such as ADIME to correct and improve the needs of that person, individual, or population. Services and programs related to specific age and cultural groups will also be discussed.