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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6/24/2024 - 9/14/2024
$295
Online
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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.
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.
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TEXTBOOKS:
No information available at this time.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 6/28/2024.
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6/24/2024 - 9/14/2024
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.
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9/23/2024 - 12/14/2024
$295
Online
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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.
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.
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDNutrition Through the Lifecycle 7th
by Judith E. Brown
ISBN / ASIN: 9780357695661
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
No refunds after: 9/27/2024.
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9/23/2024 - 12/14/2024
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.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Healthcare & Behavioral Sciences department at 858-534-9262 or unexhealthcare@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.