BIOL-206 Nutrition for Health Services
This course, designed mainly for science and pre-allied health majors, will enable students to examine the basic principles of normal nutrition. Students will answer questions and solve problems involving physical and biochemical aspects of digestion, absorption, and metabolic functions of the nutrients in the body; caloric requirements; dietary standards; nutrient composition of foods and selection of an adequate diet; and changing nutrient requirements during the different stages of development. In addition, students will study the influence of social and economic factors on food choices.