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May 02, 2024
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WHES 2015 - Nutrition Credit Hours: 3.00 (3 contact hrs) (formerly PHED-2015) This course focuses on nutrition, diet, diet analysis, and development of a diet to meet student’s needs. It also explores topics of physical activity, exercise, weight management, stress management, and nutrition as part of a total wellness plan.
Prerequisites: None
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate overall knowledge of nutrition and the effects on dietary behavior.
Objectives:
- Define Nutrition.
- Explain how to read food labels and evaluate portion sizes.
- Evaluate food choices in order to improve diet.
- Discuss how nutrition affects the human body.
- Describe the impact of cultural, economic and psychological factors on dietary behavior.
- Describe the impact and controversies of food advertising, marketing and education.
Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate personal application in the components of a healthy diet.
Objectives:
- Explain the role, functions and food sources of carbohydrates, lipids and protein in the diet.
- List the functions, dietary sources and requirements for vitamins and minerals.
- Explain the functions of water and fluid balance in the diet.
- Track food intake and activity output using the diet analysis program.
- Summarize findings from diet analysis reports.
Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to explain the role of nutrition as it relates to specifically to school-age children.
Objectives:
- Identify the etiology and patterns of childhood obesity.
- Describe the long-term effects of childhood obesity.
- List strategies to improve nutrition environment and education in and out of schools.
- Create a healthy diet for a child that meets the DRI goals and shows balance in the My Plate food groups.
Outcome 4: Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to identify other cause and effect factors that contribute to overall nutrition and dietary behaviors throughout the lifecycle.
Objectives:
- Identify the physical and psychological characteristics of eating disorders.
- Stress and food.
- Examine domestic and world hunger issues.
- Evaluate the consequences and outline possible solutions for domestic and world hunger issues.
- List types and common causes of foodborne illnesses
- Identify strategies to improve food safety and reduce the risks of foodborne illness.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
- Introduction to Nutrition
Analysis of food choices
Healthy eating
Food labels and portion sizes
Government influence on food labels
- Nutrition and the Human Body
What the body needs
Influences that impact our eating decisions
Brain based addiction and the impact on our dietary behavior
- Essential Nutrients: Role, Functions and Food Sources
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
- Healthy Diet Personal Application
Tracking diet and activities
Analyzing reports (DRI, actual vs recommended intakes, single nutrients, My Plate, energy balance, caloric assessment)
Evaluation and summary of results
- Essential Nutrients: Role, Functions and Food Sources
Vitamins
Minerals
Water and Fluid Balance
- Nutrition and School Age Children
Obesity causes and effects
Strategies for improvement
Education in and out of school
Creating a healthy child diet
- Other cause and effect factors in nutrition and dietary behaviors
Eating disorders
Stress and food
- Other cause and effect factors in nutrition and dietary behaviors
Domestic and world hunger
Food safety
Primary Faculty Allor, Tina Secondary Faculty Associate Dean Mirijanian, Narine
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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