Overview
Description
Study of dietary, clinical, biochemical and anthropometric evaluation of nutritional status. Analysis/interpretation of human and animal experiments.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- determine and assess nutritional requirements for individuals and populations.
- apply and evaluate dietary collection methods for effectively select the most appropriate methods for nutrition assessment in research, community and clinical environments given the purpose and patient/population characteristics.
- assess adequacy of dietary intakes in individuals and populations in relation to reference standards.
- analyze diet-disease relationships in individuals and populations.
- apply and evaluate measurements of body composition in research and clinical practice.
- apply and evaluate nutrition-related biomarkers in health and disease.
- use nutrition-focused physical assessment to support nutrition diagnoses in clinical practice.
- review and critically analyze original research related to nutrition assessment.