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HED (0834) 205 - Nutrition for Healthful Living


Credits: 3.00

This course examines the role of nutrition in healthy living and disease prevention.
Students will explore contemporary nutrition issues, analyze dietary patterns as well as understand basic principles of nutrition.

 

1. Students will be able to describe human nutrition requirements.

2. Students will be able to use three nutrition education tools (The American Diabetes Association Exchange System(Guide to Good Eating), the Food Pyramid, and a computerized diet analysis program) to evaluate the quality of dietary intake.

3. Students will demonstrate food and supplement label reading and interpretation skills.

4. Students will be able to describe the characteristics and biological roles of macronutrients and selected micronutrients.

5. Students will develop an awareness of the basic components of a nutrition assessment and diet prescription.

6. Students will understand the rationale for nutrition therapy in the management of the following conditions: obesity, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes syndrome X, and osteoporosis.

7. Students will understand how competitive physical activity influences requirements for macronutrients and how nutrient intake influences performance.

8. Students will understand the mechanisms of energy metabolism and be able to establish energy expenditure.

9. Students will understand the techniques of body composition analysis.

10. Students will understand the impact of ergogenic aids on athletic performance.