Nutrition 575 - Culture, Nutrition & Health

This course will focus on how culture and ethnicity affect dietary practices and health in the US. The influence of acculturation, food security and politics on food availability, food practices and health outcomes will be discussed, along with health and health disparities in different cultural/ethnic groups. Emphasis will also be on cross-cultural communication processes to address health and nutrition concerns in research and practice.

Open to Nutrition majors only. Open to Nutrition majors only. Other majors by permission from instructor.