Nutrition 230 - Basic Nutrition
Spring
2019
01
3.00
Richard Wood
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
18272
Stockbridge Hall Room 124
rwood@nutrition.umass.edu
Basic principles of human nutrition. Energy needs. Chemical structures, physical characteristics, and metabolism of protein, carbohydrate, lipids, minerals, and vitamins. Human requirements at various ages. Food sources. Effects of deficiency or excess on health. Prerequisites: general biology and chemistry; organic chemistry concurrent.
NUTRITN 130 & CHEM 112,122,102 Previous or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 250 or CHEM 261 is required.