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PBH 381 Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies

This course is an introduction to the concepts and principles of nutrition. Throughout the semester, students will learn the basic components of foods–macro and micro-nutrients, their relationship to diet and metabolism and weight management. Nutritional needs through the lifecycle will be discussed along with the primary disease states associated with each age group. Controversial issues, such as food supplementation, factory farming, genetically modified foods, the impact of a beef culture on the environment, and dieting will be discussed along with holistic approaches to food and healing.