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May 09, 2024
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NUTR 3100 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
Medical nutrition therapy associated with the prevention and treatment of disease, including overweight/obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease.
Requisites: (BIOS 1310 or 3450) or concurrent and C or better in NUTR 3000
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - The student will be able to demonstrate effective professional oral and written communication and documentation.
- The student will be able to demonstrate understanding and apply principles of the nutrition care process.
- The student will be able to identify nutrition related problems, determine and evaluate nutrition interventions as they relate to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.
- The student will be able to locate and apply evidence based guidelines and protocols in the nutritional management of chronic disease.
- The student will be able to make sound nutritional recommendations which are aligned with patient/client lifestyle, environment, and food based influences.
- The student will be able to describe pharmacologic principles associated with the nutrition care process, as well as the pharmacologic agents used to treat and manage obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.
- The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the genetics associated with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.
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