Description: Nutrition is a fascinating and complicated topic, it has important repercussions for performance, health, and sustainability. Unlike genetics or culture, nutrition is largely within your control to change or support change in others. This course will focus on the biology and sources of key nutrients in our diet and how these relate to the occurrence of common diseases.
Learning Objectives: What nutrients are essential, and how much we require daily
How nutrients are sensed, absorbed, metabolized, and excreted, and how these processes are controlled
Which foods contain what nutrients, and how to locate this information
How nutrient deficiencies or excesses relate to the prevalence of acute and chronic diseases in the United States and abroad
