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May 13, 2024
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BIO 117 - Introduction to Nutrition
Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours
Description
This course introduces the principles of nutrition and stresses a scientific foundation for nutrition that allows students to develop a personal diet and implement dietary practices associated with favorable health. Emphasis is placed on nutritional literacy with regard to distinguishing information based on science from information based on unsubstantiated claims.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Define nutrition.
- Describe the roles of the different nutrient classes in the body and proper portions in the diet.
- Delineate the basic structure and functions of the human digestive system.
- Discuss common disorders in the GI tract.
- Relate human energy balance and the factors that affect intake and expenditure.
- Plan a healthy diet using nutritional knowledge and dietary guidelines.
- Explain the mechanics of weight loss.
- Describe factors that contribute to the maintenance of a healthy weight.
- Evaluate sources of nutrition information and different types of research studies used in nutrition.
- Classify the major food sources of vitamins and minerals.
- Compare different dietary needs based upon level of physical activity.
- Explain the safety and effectiveness of dietary supplements on the human body.
- Outline different nutritional needs throughout human life progression.
- Describe accepted practices related to food safety and major pathogens associated with foodborne illness.
- Outline disorders related to body image, eating and exercise.
Listed Topics
- Macro and micronutrients
- Nutrition label evaluation
- Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins
- Human digestion and absorption
- Vitamins, minerals, water
- Energy balance and weight maintenance
- Nutrition for sports and activities
- Alcohol
- Obesity
- Malnutrition
- Life progression nutrition
- Food safety
Reference Materials
Textbook and contemporary learning materials.
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals: - Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 12/15/2021
Last Reviewed: 3/23/2023
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