Human Nutrition

Catalog description

Through interactive lectures and group discussions, this course provides students with the fundamental knowledge of human nutrition. The course emphasizes basic information in nutrition and an integrated perspective of the application of biological, and ch emical principles to the use of nutrients. The individual’s nutrition is discussed from the perspective of its integration in the community as well as a separate entity. The course also covers other important aspects of human nutrition such as; nutrient ne eds and recommendations, the metabolic role of nutrients, metabolic processes, nutritional supplementation, nutrition and chronic disease, and the relationship of diet and genes.