Understand the relation between food and nutrition to metabolism, growth, and physical
and cognitive function. This includes the variety of foods that provide macronutrients,
and understanding the effect of key nutrients on the basic physiology of the human
body.
Be able to communicate a basic knowledge of vocabulary of terms used to discuss nutrition,
interrelationship between energy metabolism and weight management/obesity, the nutritional
contributions of various foods, the nutritional requirements at various life stages,
and principles of food safety.
Be able to describe the relationship between cultural and body image habits related
to health and fitness, analyze a dietary record for basic nutritional adequacy, interpret
information on food labels, and explain the origin and use of the Dietary Reference
Intakes as established by the National Academy of Sciences.