HNFE-4025: Metabolic Nutrition
Description: 4025: Study of bioenergetics and macronutrients, with emphasis on sources, interrelationships, and factors affecting utilization and metabolism. Emphasis on how carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins are metabolized following a meal, during fasting conditions, and when exercising. How metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins affects and is effected by metabolic disease such as obesity and diabetes will also be examined. 4026: Study of essential vitamins and minerals and their interaction with body systems, especially as these relate to food, exercise and health. Emphasis on how deficiency, toxicity and genetic conditions affect various organ systems, including bone, skin, digestive, and blood. Historical and regulatory policies, and scientific studies establishing recommended dietary allowances for micronutrients are considered.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 19
Average GPA: 3.24 (rounds to B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.52%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.14%
| Angela S Anderson | 2024 | 41.1% | 42.7% | 14.7% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.21 | 18 |
| Matthew W Hulver | 2019 | 74.0% | 23.2% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.69 | 1 |