Course Information

NUTRITION & DIET THERAPY (BIOL 1322)

Term: 2017-2018 Spring

Faculty

Amy Hoffman

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Amy Hoffman, M.S.

North Central Texas College, Room 201

1500 North Corinth St.

Corinth, TX 76208

Teaching Experience:

Instructor, Anatomy & Physiology 1

Instructor, Anatomy & Physiology 1 Laboratory

Instructor, Anatomy & Physiology 2

Instructor, Anatomy & Physiology 2 Laboratory

Instructor, General Biology 1 for Majors

Instructor, General Biology 1 Laboratory

Instructor, General Biology for Non-Majors

Instructor, General Biology for Non-Majors Laboratory

Instructor, Environmental Biology

Instructor, Environmental Biology Laboratory

Instructor, Nutrition

Education:

M.S. Environmental Science, University of North Texas, 2014

M.S. Applied Geography (Environmental Archaeology), University of North Texas, 2011

B.A. Anthropology and German, Southern Methodist Uni

Schedule

Tue-Thu, 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM (1/16/2018 - 5/11/2018) Location: COR COR01 314

Description

This course introduces general nutritional concepts in health and disease and includes practical applications of that knowledge. Special emphasis is given to nutrients and nutritional processes including functions, food sources, digestion, absorption, and metabolism. Food safety, availability, and nutritional information including food labels, advertising, and nationally established guidelines are addressed.

Upon successful completion, students will be able to: apply nutritional knowledge to analyze personal dietary intakes, to plan nutritious meals using nationally established criteria to meet recommended goals; and to evaluate food labels and the validity of nutritional claims; trace the pathways and processes that occur in the body to handle nutrients and alcohol through consumption, digestion, absorption, transport, metabolism, storage and waste excretion; discuss functions, sources, deficiencies, and toxicities of macro- and micronutrients, including carbohydrates, lipids, prot