NURS 311 - Human Nutrition

(3 credits)

This course provides basic information regarding human nutrition and its relationship to wellness. Emphasis is placed on normal nutritional needs of individuals throughout life. Attention is directed to nutrition in clinical practice, presenting nutritional therapy for enteral and parenteral nutrition, metabolic stress, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, renal cancer and HIV/AIDS as well as global, national, state and community nutritional needs, problems. Open to other health majors who meet the prerequisites. The increasing problems of obesity and strategies to reduce it will be addressed. Prerequisites: CHEM 103, BIOL 206. Corequisites: NURS 300, NURS 301. Fall.