BPHP2329 FOOD AND NUTRITION

BPHP2329 FOOD AND NUTRITION

Course start date: 1 Jan 2019
This course will examine nutritional needs of individuals & communities. Emphasis placed on the relationship of diet to health and selection of food to satisfy needs. Emphasis also be placed on the nutrition cycle as it relates to the life cycle, special dietary needs and nutrition sources. An attempt will also be made to engage students in the steps and dynamics of policy making processes that address nutrition problems and issues. An underlying tenet is that, wherever nutrition problems exist, policy and program options may be enacted to address the problem directly (e.g. food subsidies to the poor) and/or indirectly