BIOL 2050

Course Description

This course will educate students to recognize the relation between health and nutrition and promote measures to reduce morbidity and mortality derived from chronic illness linked to nutritional inadequacy. They will be able to identify nutritional deficiencies and teach ways to overcome those deficiencies through a proper diet in accordance to the needs, means, and personal and cultural preferences of the client. Students will learn the importance of birth weight and brain growth as an evaluative measurement in a newborn. They will understand the benefits and risks of supplements during pregnancy and will learn to recommend the appropriate use of vitamin and mineral supplements. Finally, they will be prepared to teach parents how to feed their children during the first year of life. (Midwives College of Utah, 2020).

Prerequisites: Completion of all Phase One classes - completed December 2020

2 credits

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