DTC206 Intro to Clinical Dietetics
This course is designed to familiarize the student with nutritional management in disease. Emphasis is placed on diet as a therapeutic tool in the control and management of illness including nutritional intervention for metabolic diseases, disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular disease, obesity, malnutrition, hepatic and renal disease. The student will also become familiar with basic anthropometrics as well as other therapeutic tools used within the clinical setting. (4 hours of lecture per week)
Prerequisite
DTC102 with a C or better
Electives
- FSN - Food Tech Directed Elective
- OPEN - Open Elective