NUTR 9200 - Nutrition & Disease

3 Credit Hours
Description
Description: This course introduces students to the role of nutrition in the prevention and management of diseases and conditions related to the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, the renal system, and pulmonary function. Anemias, metabolic disorders, inflammation, immunological disorders, and osteoporosis are also reviewed. Doctoral students will identify a problem and intervention in a specific population, and summarize, in a manuscript, how the medical nutrition therapy applies to the disease state.