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NUT 111B
Recommendations & Standards for Human Nutrition
Critical analysis of the development of nutritional recommendations for humans. Topics include: history of modern recommendations, development of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) and other food guides; the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI); administrative structure of regulatory agencies pertinent to nutrition recommendations; introduction to scientific methods used to determine the recommendations; food labeling laws; nutrition recommendations in other countries and cultures.
Units: 2.0
Hours: Lecture—2 hour(s).
Prerequisites:
NUT 111AY - Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism
and
CHE 128B - Organic Chemistry
or
CHE 118B - Organic Chemistry for Health and Life Sciences
or
CHE 008B - Organic Chemistry: Brief Course
Recommended courses:
NPB 101 - Systemic Physiology