Nutrition and the Life Cycle BPK 313 (3)
The factors that determine human nutritional requirements and health under a range of conditions throughout the human life span (pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood adolescence, aging) are evaluated. The role of nutrition is evaluated in response to the metabolic and physiologic changes during growth and development versus aging, touching upon eating disorders, depression, osteoporosis, epigenetics, and pharmacology and toxicology of commonly prescribed medications in aging adults. Prerequisite: BPK (or KIN) 105 or 205 and 110. Students with credit for BPK (or KIN) 220, 311 or KIN 313 may not take this course for further credit.