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HLTH 1070 - Nutrition

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This course explores the basic principles of nutrition throughout the individual lifecycle. Nutritional choices as they relate to health and wellness will be emphasized. Personal dietary analysis is included in this course.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Body weight and body composition
  2. Consumer nutrition
  3. Diet and disease
  4. Digestion
  5. Food planning guides
  6. Label reading
  7. Life cycle nutrition
  8. Minerals use in the body
  9. Nutrition and eating patterns in society
  10. Personal diet planning and analysis
  11. Vitamin use in the body
  12. Water and electrolytes

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Identify life cycle nutritional needs.
  2. Analyze healthy body composition as it relates to nutrition.
  3. Identify food guides for diet planning and evaluation.
  4. Describe the digestive system.
  5. Identify nutrient contributions to health.
  6. Outline healthy consumer choices.
  7. Analyze personal diets.
  8. Analyze nutrition in society.
  9. Describe nutrition labeling.
  10. Identify the connection between nutrition and disease.


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