Human Nutrition

Catalog description

This course covers the basic concepts of nutrition for the human body. Topics included are electrolyte balance, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and energy balance and eating disorders. Nutritional issues, as well as key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the human lifespan are other concepts covered in this course. We will also relate the various perspectives that nutrition and politics display in society.