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NS 210 - Nutrition in the Life Cycle

This course stresses the practical application of the various nutritional concepts from pregnancy and birth throughout the life span into old age (pregnancy, infancy, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly adults). Strategies for handling nutrition related problems, obesity issues, eating disorders, the use of nutritional supplements, sports nutrition, gender differences, physical activity, growth, food guides and standards and label reading are among the subjects investigated. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit. Prerequisite: Take NS-115 with a Minimum Grade of C-.