School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science
Undergraduate

Term: Summer 2024
Session: 2nd 8 Week Online (Jun 29 - Aug 23)
Start Date: Saturday, Jun 29, 2024
End Date: Friday, Aug 23, 2024
Availability: Online
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This course begins with a general overview of the benefits of certain foods to human health. Nutrition standards and guidelines are recommended. The remarkable human body is discussed with particular emphasis on cells hormones digestive and excretory systems. A thorough study of how carbohydrates lipids proteins vitamins and mineral chemistry affect the human organism is presented. The symbiosis between and among nutrients energy physical activity and weight control and the body's responses to these interactions is explained. Proper nutrition and its benefits to disease prevention are emphasized. The life cycle nutrition from pregnancy to later-life years is discussed. Students become familiar with various nutritional charts and tables and as a result are encouraged to examine their own dietary practices and to modify their behavior to improve their nutritional health. The course concludes with an overview of the methods of food safety and food technology hunger and the global environment. Principles of scientific inquiry are integrated throughout the course.3 Credits