Overview
Description
Nutrient functions and basis for nutrient requirements at the cellular level.
Requirements
Prerequisites
CHEM 121ACHEM 121L
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 121A and CHEM 121L.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Core
CO4
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify and summarize through performance on examinations, or verbally when called upon, scientifically based nutrition and physiological principles important to the prevention of chronic disease.
- identify and summarize, through performance on examinations, verbally when called upon, and performance on assignments, the regulatory issues that impact the vitamin/mineral supplementation and food safety industry and relate these issues to overall public safety/health.
- successfully utilize nutrient database software for dietary assessment by successfully completing a prospective dietary analysis of nutrient intake.
- successfully assess the nutritional status of an individual integrating health and chronic disease history, dietary data, knowledge of physiological consequences of nutritional issues and communicate it effectively in a written report.