Course Description:
NTS MO5, Nutrition for the Health Professions, 3 units. Provides an evaluation of nutritional status, promotion of optimal nutrition, and application of nutrition principles to common medical disorders.

Objectives:
Describe the structure and general functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals, and list major food sources. Discuss Medical Nutrition Therapy for the management of diabetes, heart, renal, and liver diseases. Compare to roles that enteral and parenteral nutrition support play in disease management.

Textbook:
Nutrition for Health and Healthcare, 2nd ed. Whitney, Eleanor; Cataldo, Corrine; DeBruyne, Linda; & Rolfes, Sharon. . Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2001.

Required Materials:

1. Hand calculator for use in class.

2. Access to a computer (home, work or the college library) to complete the “Nutrient Analysis” in the “Diet Analysis Plus” software available in the bookstore,  $25.

3. Scantrons: 4 Form “882”

Grading:
Determined by individual instructor.

Office hours: By appointment. Contact instructor.

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