Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle

This is a two-unit asynchronous online nutrition course designed to introduce you to the basic principles of nutrition throughout the lifecycle. The course is designed for current and future healthcare professionals and community health workers, with an overarching goal to promote optimal health utilizing adequate nutrition throughout the human lifespan. Over the ten-week length of the course, students will study lifecycle nutrition principles related to the following topics: Preconception nutrition and planning a healthy diet Nutrition during pregnancy Nutrition while breastfeeding Nutrition during infancy Nutrition for the preschool and school-aged child Pediatric overweight and obesity Nutrition during adolescence Nutrition in older adulthood

Other Credits: 2 units in Biology. BRN:18hrs. BRN board does not award partial credit.

Course Number: BIOL-40275
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)

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3/25/2024 - 6/14/2024

$295

Online

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  180771

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Ferraro, Katie, Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) with a Masters in Public Health and is a consultant dietitian in San Diego.

  Katie Ferraro is a registered dietitian (RD) and a certified diabetes educator (CDE) with a master's in Public Health. She completed her undergraduate work at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, TX and her graduate studies at UC Berkeley. She currently works as a consultant dietitian here in San Diego.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Nutrition Through the Lifecycle 7th
  by Judith Brown
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781337919333

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 3/29/2024.
  

• NOTE:

• DATE & LOCATION:

  3/25/2024 - 6/14/2024
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.