Nutrition and Lab

Dr. Dennis F. Burke

Summer Semester 2024 | 4 Credit Hours

Course Description

This course focuses on nutrition across the lifespan. Students will gain an understanding of nutritional principles in both health and illness. Nutrition throughout the life span at all stages of development is emphasized. Nutritional biochemistry of all macronutrients will be covered. Lecture topics: Health promotion, nutritional guidelines, macro-nutrient chemistry, micro-nutrient chemistry, menu planning, food labeling, safety, obesity, clinical eating disorders, RDA requirements, and age-related guidelines.

Lab topics: Understanding laboratory safety, keeping food consumption records, measuring carbohydrate, lipid, and protein content of food, fermenting, evaluating food oxidation, measuring vitamin solubility and stability, assessing enzymatic activity under pH and temperature change and its effect on food, evaluating artificial sweeteners and energy drinks, practicing safe food handling, understanding and generating food labels, and preparing balanced plates.

Course Prerequisites

None

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