Nutrition 580 - Medical Nutritn Therapy

Fall
2018
01
4.00
Bindia Shetty
M F 11:15AM 1:10PM
UMass Amherst
78067
Holdsworth Hall room 203
bshetty@umass.edu
Physiological and metabolic bases for nutritional care and the application of this knowledge to the treatment of specific diseases. Topics include: surgery, burns, infections, cancer, liver diseases, renal failure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and alternative modes of feeding. Also includes application of nutrition knowledge to specific diseases and problems encountered in the practice of clinical dietetics (medical nutrition therapy).

Prerequisites: NUTRITN 352 or 430, or KIN 585
This course is open to Nutrition seniors and Nutrition graduate students only. NUTRITN 230 & KIN 272
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.