- Date:
- 21-NOV-2012
- Posted by:
- Joy Killgore
- Course Number:
- CEU 917X
- Course Title:
- Nutritional Therapy: FALL TERM
- Credit Hours:
- 4.8
- Lecture hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab hours:
- 0
- Lab hours:
- 0
- Special Fee:
- $0
Course Description
Covers nutritional assessment (i.e., Diet analysis, Nutritional Body Typing, Lab tests); food therapy comparative dietary systems, diet planning, popular diets, whole foods diets, ethnic influences; life cycles of age & gender, weight management and sports nutrition.
Intended Outcomes for the course
- Apply assessment techniques to address common nutrient related deficiencies; recommend lab tests; and recall, explain and integrate methodology and procedures for diet, nutrient intake/deficiency, body typing, acute and chronic conditions and health maintenance
- Apply cultural/academic approaches to whole foods cooking, procuring and storing food; design menu plans utilizing therapeutic foods & nutrient intake/deficiency assessment; recall, explain and integrate methodology and procedures of food therapy toward health maintenance, acute and chronic conditions and compliance
- Discuss/coach clients on areas of clinical concern specific to life stages, age related conditions, gender, best practices in sexual/reproductive system pathologies; recall and explain methodology and controversies in weight management and sports performance
