F E S 207 - Nutrition for Life - Fall, 1996
Location: PS 404
Instructor: Lillie M. Grossman, Dr.P.H., R.D. C.D.E., Professor
Office: FES PS 450
Hours: Tu 2 - 4 PM, W 1 - 2 PM, Th 12 - 1 PM.
Email:  lillie.grossman@csun1.csun.edu
Text: Nutrition Concepts and Controversies, 6 Ed. by Sizer and Whitney, 1994.

Date
Aug. 27
Aug. 29
Sept. 3
Sept. 5
Sept. 10
Sept. 12
Sept. 17
Sept. 19
Sept. 24
Sept. 26
Oct. 1
Oct. 3
Oct. 8
Oct. 10
Oct. 15
Oct. 17
Oct. 17
Oct. 22
Oct. 24
Oct. 29
Oct. 31
Nov. 5
Nov. 7
Nov. 12
Nov. 14
Nov. 19
Nov. 21
Nov. 26
Nov. 28
Dec. 3
Dec. 5
Dec. 10		Topical Outline
Introduction - What do you eat?
Constructing a nutritious diet
Nutrition Standards and Guidelines
RDAs and Exchanges
The remarkable body
Carbohydrate - A Close Look
Digestion, absorption & metabolism
When glucose Regulation Fails
Diabetes & Hypoglycemia
1 St. Hour Exam
Lipid - A close Look
Fat in the Diet
Digestion, abs. & met.
Heart Disease and diet
Protein - A Close Look - Dig., etc.
Digestion, absorption & metabolism
Vegetarianism
Vitamins - Fat Soluble
Water Soluble
2 nd Hour Exam
Water and Major Minerals
Trace Minerals
Energy Balance
Body composition and Weight Control
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Eating Disorders
Nutrition and Disease Prevention
Nutrition and Pregnancy
Thanksgiving Holiday
Nutrition and the Older Adult
Dead Day
Final Exam 10:15 - 12:15 		Ass. Ch.
Ch 1

Ch 2

Ch 3
Ch 4



Ch 1 - 4
Ch 5


p. 406 thru 415
Ch 6


Ch 7

Ch 5, 6, 7
Ch 8

Ch 9

Ch 10

Ch 11
Ch 12

Ch 13

Ch 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13


Note: The student will obtain a personal CSUN account on the Internet. The student will communicate with the instructor via E-mail. Computer Skills Lab will be open:
Location: Eng. Field 666A

CLASS EVALUATION

1ST EXAM 75 POINTS
2ND EXAM 75 POINTS
3RD EXAM AT FINAL TIME75 POINTS
DIET PROJECT75 POINTS
OTHER - Internet assgn., & tests 75 POINTS
TOTAL 300 + Points

OBJECTIVES
  1. The student will acquire a vocabulary of nutrition and scientific terms.
  2. The student will acquire a basic knowledge of the relationship of nutrition to health.
  3. The student will evaluate his/her diet against the RDAs for age and sex and make appropriate suggestions for change when indicated.
  4. The student will acquire basic computer and internet skills.

PLEASE NOTE
  1. Each exam is 75 multiple-choice questions. Exams are not comprehensive. Please bring scan tron & # 2 pencil with good eraser to exam times. Calculators are allowed.
  2. Make up exams and diet project are accepted only after presenting signed Dr.'s excuse. Please see instructor and arrange for make up ASAP.
  3. All exams as well as diet project must be completed to obtain credit for class. Five points are removed for each class period the paper is past due. Students who are caught cheating and or plagiarizing are given F for Class and names of persons are forwarded to Chairman, Family Environmental Science.


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