Medical Nutrition Therapy

Catalog description

This course provides a study of evidenced-based nutrition guidelines for acute and chronic disease conditions. Through case studies, assigned readings, learning guides, class presentations, and lectures, students explore the relationship of food and nutrition to medicine, including physiological and clinical basis of disease processes and medical, surgical, and diet therapies for disease conditions. This course fulfills competenices for the NYU Dietetic Internship and is restricted to dietetic interns.