HSCS 3331 Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

This class includes nutrition assessment, individual growth and development, nutrient needs through pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and older adulthood. Dietary recommendations and disease prevention will be covered.

Registration Name

Nutrition Through Life Cycle

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HSCS 2210

Offered

Demorest: Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Discuss varying nutrition requirements and recommendations from pre-conception through older adulthood

Understand the role nutrition plays in each stage of the life cycle

Identify areas of nutritional concern throughout the life cycle

Recognize nutrition risk factors that may lead to chronic disease in various stages of life

Demonstrate the ability to implement nutrition interventions to improve nutrition and food-related behaviors.