Medical Nutrition Therapy I (prev. Clinical Nutrition)

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Note: This course is not available for the current semester.

Course No: 36.481; Last Offered: Fall 2012;

Course Description

This course is intended to provide students with current knowledge and application in dietary prevention, treatment, and long-term management of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and upper gastrointestinal diseases. Topics include nutrition counseling and communication skills, professional ethics, medical terminology, clinical laboratory values, dietary menu planning and analysis in specific situations, evaluating nutritional status, case studies for these diseases. This course will stress the steps in the nutrition care process, determine appropriate methods for screening patients for nutritional risk, and help the student assess the nutritional status of patients.

Prerequisites & Notes

  • Prerequisites: 35.206 or 30.206
  • Special Notes:
  • Credits: 3;

Questions About This Course?

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