Week and Date

PLEASE NOTE THESE DATES

CALENDAR and TOPIC LIST 

 

*****Weeks begin on Tuesday mornings and End on Monday evenings at 11:59 pm *****

Chapter in Textbook

Week 1:

Assignment 1: due by 11:59 pm on

Course introduction, Overview of Nutrition

Selection of Lecture Enrichment Topic

Chapter One: Pages:1-8

Pages 35 – 37:

·        Finding the Truth about Nutrition

·        www.eatright.org

Week 2:

Assignment 2 due by 11:59 on

Planning a healthy Diet

DRI’s, RDA’s, UI’s, EAR’s, UL’s, AI’s. (alphabet soup)

The Nutrition Label

Chapter One: Pages: 8-33 and Textbook Insert and website: www.mypyramid.gov

Week 3

Assignment 3 due by 11:59 pm on

The Remarkable Body

Alcohol and it’s effect

Chapter TWO

Alcohol: Page 510 and ff.

Week 4

Assignment 4 due by 11:59 on

Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars to Fibers

Problems of carbohydrate metabolism

Chapter THREE

Chapter 20

Week 5

Assignment 5 due by 11:59pm on

Lipid: The fats in our body and in our food

 

INTRO THE DIET ANALYSIS PROJECT

Chapter FOUR

Diet Analysis Folder

Diet Analysis DUE DATE: Nov , 200?

Week 6

Assignment 6 due by 11:59pm on

Proteins and alternative sources of protein.

How much do we REALLY need?

 

Chapter FIVE

Chapter 5: Nutrition in Practice: Vegetarian Diets

Week 7

No assignment due this week.

Vitamins: Water Soluble

Fat soluble vitamins

·        MIDTERM EXAM THIS WEEK (in WebStudy)

·        DATES: Oct.  (Sun. and Mon.)

  Chapter EIGHT

Week 8

Assignment 8 due by 11:59pm on

Water and the Minerals

Chapter NINE

Week 9

Assignment 9 due by 11:59pm on

Energy Balance and Body Composition

FAD diets

Chapter SIX

“Nutrition in Practice”: Fad Diets

Week 10

No assignment due this week.

 

Weight Management

Eating Disorders

Chapter SEVEN

Nutrition In Practice: Eating Disorders

 

Week 11

Assignment 11 due by 11:59pm on

Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation

  • DIET ANALYSIS DUE 

Chapter TEN

 

 NOVEMBER  = THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS < ENJOY> !!!

 

Week 12

Assignment 12 due by 11:59pm on

Nutrition Through the Lifespan: Later Adulthood

Chapter TWELVE

Week 13

Assignment 13 due by 11:59pm on

Food safety

PowerPoint Slide set and Websites (our book does not have a chapter on this topic)

Week 14

Assignment 14 due by 11:59pm on

Nutrition in Heart Disease and Cancer

Chapters 21 and 23

Final Exam Week:

 

Final Exam during Final exam week

  • EXAM will be open on these DATES: April and May , 200? (Sunday and Monday)