Nutrition for Wellness

Catalog description

In this course, students will learn the foundations of nutrition as they relate to health, wellness, and disease prevention. Students will examine how food affects the body and explore the relationship of nutrients in food and how they prevent and treat disease. Students will develop skills in designing personalized nutrition plans and gain a greater understanding of how nutrition impacts the body at all stages of life. Students will also analyze current trends in nutrition and gain knowledge on how to separate fact from fiction. This course will use several short game-based learning activities to help students make decisions about nutrition based on environmental circumstances and health conditions. In addition, the topics of food safety and innovations in food technology will be examined. View Sample Syllabus