Nutrition Advice/Social Media

Catalog description

First Year Experience. 3 credit hour course focusing on how people seek health-related information. Many people find information from social media. Individuals utilizing social media are bombarded with unverified health-related information, especially concerning nutritional advice. This first-year course will examine the process for sifting through this nutritional advice to access sound, evidence-based nutritional guidance. Additionally, students will learn how to be well-informed consumers of information and to critically analyze and then normalize to the general population recommendations for healthy eating patterns. Credit will only be granted for one FYEX 100 course, regardless of letter or title.