HSCS 5440 Nutrition for Health Programming

In this course students will design, implement, and evaluate nutritional programs for a variety of situations including individuals, groups, and self-assessments. Topics will include current trends in nutrition, at-risk groups, supplements, eating disorders, and effective nutrition programming.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ATRG or HLHP Program Admission

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will apply basic knowledge of nutritional factors affecting health and performance when creating strategies for manipulating food choices and training methods to maximize performance.

Students will develop vision, mission, and goal statements, including the specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-sensitive objectives to meet them.

Students will Identify and analyze factors that foster or hinder implementation of programming and develop plans and processes to overcome potential barriers to implementation.

Students will recognize signs, symptoms, and behaviors associated with eating disorders and altered eating habits.

Students will use evidence-based practice when choosing desired outcomes, planning which programming/intervention models to use, assessing outcome efficacy to ensure consistency with objectives, and adapting existing strategies/interventions as needed.