Fitness & Sports Nutrition

Catalog description

This course will examine the relationship between nutrition, exercise, weight management, metabolism, human performance, and disease prevention from various perspectives: scientific principles, consumer knowledge, and holistic health concepts. Intelligent application of information will be encouraged to enable students to succeed in implementing healthy nutritional practices in their own lives. An emphasis will be placed on the nutrient demands in a variety of exercise and sport settings. The content material of EPH 360 overlaps with the content of HSC 253 and BIO 219 (USCI Legacy BS 219).