Nutrition 145 - 146

Course overview

Hour 1 - 3 Discuss the role of diet in causing and preventing various diseases, particularly chronic diseases. Describe methods used to assess nutrition status. Explain how dietary recommendations are formulated. Incorporate nutritional information into clinical practice and advise patients about eating for optimum health as well as using dietary change as a therapeutic intervention Evaluate the benefits and risks of nutritional recommendations for specific health conditions through an analysis of the existing scientific and clinical evidence Hour 4 Investigate the importance of nutrient deficiencies Review the role of essential nutrients in human health Analyze the interaction between nutrients and various illnesses Ascertain the role herbs have in health and disease Understand drug and nutrient interactions