Course Description
Nutritional health needs related to specific stages of the human life cycle. Special emphasis will be given to physiological changes and nutrition needs during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to take a special topic related to the life cycle and prepare an annotated bibliography and summary paper. In addition, graduate students will present this material to the class in a poster session.
Athena Title
Human Life Cycle Nutrition
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in NUTR 4050, NUTR 4050E or NUTR 6050, NUTR 6050E
Prerequisite
NUTR 3100
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To increase your understanding and knowledge of the stages and physiological changes in the human lifecycle. To increase your understanding and knowledge of the nutritional needs associated with each stage of the lifecycle and what makes each stage unique. To be able to assess nutritional needs of clients from different age groups and make the appropriate nutrition recommendation. To be able to apply this knowledge through the use of applicable case studies. To become familiar with the scientific literature related to nutritional needs during the human life cycle. To increase the use of electronic media as a resource tool to enhance the understanding of lifecycle nutrition.
Topical Outline
Maternal and infant health Nutrition, fertility and family planning Physiology of pregnancy Nutritional needs during pregnancy Lifestyle concerns Nutritional assessment Management of pregnancy complications Pregnant adolescent Anatomy and physiology of lactation Promotion and support of breastfeeding Growth and development Nutrition needs of infants and children Assessment of food intake Low birth weight Food patterns in young children Factors shaping food patterns Childhood obesity Nutrition for preschool and school age children Nutrition for adolescence Eating disorders Adolescent athlete Aging Population trends, theories of aging Longitudinal studies of aging Physiological changes with aging Vitamins and minerals in aging Food selection patterns Nutritional problems with aging
Syllabus