Human Nutrition, Metabolism, Physiology, and Disease

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This course will expose students to evidence-based medicine by first presenting key concepts in the foundational medical sciences of nutrition, metabolism, physiology, and disease sequalae. Subsequently, students will apply this knowledge to establish an understanding in human disease processes and differentiating disease states. Specifically, the course will guide students towards an understanding of homeostasis, from molecules to clinical symptomology. The course will first establish the foundations of nutrition and metabolism and then discuss the process of maintaining homeostasis through activities of the nervous and endocrine systems. Lastly, regulation of specific pathways by the nervous and endocrine systems will be discussed in relationship to the current relevant topics of appetite regulation, obesity, and Type II diabetes mellitus. 4 credit hours, didactic