Nutrition in the Life Cycle

Course Description

This course covers nutrition issues from preconception throughout life, with a particular emphasis on nutrition correlates of normal growth and development and on the consequences of under and over nutrition. It briefly considers the role of nutrition in the context of the normal physiologic changes that occur with aging. This is a 1.5 semester hour unit course and meets the first half of the semester. Prerequisite: NUTR 0202: Principles of Nutrition Science or NUTR 0245 AND NUTR 0246 or equivalent and graduate standing or instructor consent. Enrollment priority for NICBC students, and for FANPP and AFE PhD students, as well as for FANPP students pursuing the Nutrition Interventions specialization.

Basic Enrollment Requirements: Unofficial Transcript - Bachelor's + 3.0 GPA. You will be contacted after registration for required evidence of immunization. 

Instructor Approval: During registration, you will be asked to explain how you meet the pre-requisites for this course and to describe any relevant experience. The instructor will use this information to confirm your enrollment or will otherwise be in touch with you. 

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Remission Eligible: Yes; all university policies apply.