Nutrition in the Life Cycle

Nutritional needs and effects of intakes during pregnancy and lactation, infancy, preschool period, middle childhood, adolescence, adulthood and aging. Relation of nutrition to physical and physiological growth, development, maturation, and decline. Prerequisites: NUTRITN 230, biochemistry, physiology.

Basic Nutrition

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.
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