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Nutrition For Health Professions

An interdisciplinary/interprofessional approach to applied and medical nutrition therapy and its role in primary, secondary, and tertiary health care delivery. Covers the fundamental principles and concepts of nutrition science as applied to the human life cycle. Prereq: Undergraduate junior, senior and/or graduate students planning to enroll and/or who are currently enrolled in the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health and/or Health Sciences.

Integrated Nutritional Sciences I

The material covered in CNU/NS 601 consists of three major emphasis areas: (1) review of carbohydrate, lipid, and protein structure, synthesis, absorption, and metabolism, (2) the impact of nutritional influences on macronutrient metabolism to health and disease, (3) the influence of micronutrient metabolism on the regulation of energy balance. The objective of this course is to provide students a strong knowledge base related to macronutrient metabolism in the context of select chronic diseases and energy balance.

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