ESW 206 - Basic Nutrition

Institution:

Montgomery County Community College

Subject:

Exercise and Wellness

Description:

This course will introduce students to the study of nutrition. It will incorporate fundamental scientific principles enabling students to develop their own nutritional lifestyle compatible with these principles. The course will provide an understanding of nutrients, their function in the body, deficiency diseases, body composition, nutrition and physical activity, nutrition through the life span, food faddism, consumer issues, and an evaluation of diets. The course will encourage the intelligent application of information so to enable the students to succeed in implementing good nutrition in their own lives.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.mc3.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 641-6300

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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