Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle

Catalog description

This course will take a lifecycle approach to the study of nutritional needs, status, conditions, and interventions. The same nutrients are needed from birth to older age, but the requirements change along with a plethora of other factors including food preferences, chewing ability, digestion, absorption, metabolism, growth, behaviors, and barriers to healthy eating. The course will be divided into nine life stages and will cover what is nutritionally important at each stage. The student will also learn how nutritional status at one stage can impact health in later stages. By the end of this course, the student will have in-depth knowledge of nutritional needs and issues at each stage of life.