Medical Nutrition Therapy I

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Course No: NUTR.4810-011; SIS Class Nbr: 3140; SIS Term: 3040
Course Status: Open

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 & Instructor

• Prerequisites: NUTR.2060 Human Nutrition or HSCI.2060 Human Nutrition
• Special Notes:
• Section Notes: Virtual Classroom Course
• Core Codes: STEM, VRCL
• Credits: 3; Contact Hours: 3
• Instructor: Michelle Palladino
• UMass Lowell Bookstore

When Offered & Tuition

• M,W | 6:00 PM-8:50 PM EDT
• Summer 2021: May 17 to Jun 28
• Course Level: Undergraduate
• Tuition: $1020
• Note: There is a $30 per semester registration fee for credit courses.

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