HLTH 1021 - Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles

Delivery Online, self-paced

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the relationship between nutrition and health. The focus is on healthy eating, understanding strategies for modifying food patterns within the context of lifestyle and culture, and identifying standards of healthy eating in Canada.

Learning outcomes

Identify the standards for healthy eating that exist in Canada
Identify influences on food choices
Recognize your own nutritional needs and how to achieve them through foods
Identify characteristics of nutrition quackery and valid nutrition information
Identify nutrients of concern for various lifecycles and lifestyles (e.g. children, older adults, vegetarians, athletes, etc.)
Recognize the relationship between nutrition and health status
Analyze personal dietary intake in relation to Canadian standards
Identify functions, food sources and deficiency/toxicity symptoms for vitamins and minerals.

Course topics

Unit 1: Introduction to Nutrition
Unit 2: Nutrients and Health
Unit 3: Energy Balance and Physical Activity
Unit 4: Lifecycle Nutrition

Required text and materials

Students are responsible for purchasing the required materials on their own:

Sizer, F.S., Whitney, E., & Piche, L.A. (2020). Mindtap with Diet and Wellness Plus for Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (5th Canadian ed). Nelson Education.
Type: Textbook. ISBN: 9780176892999 / 9780176892869

Note: This item can be purchased directly from the following VitalSource link.

Assessments

To successfully complete this course, students must achieve 50% or higher on the overall course, and 50% or higher on the mandatory final project.

Assignment 1: Self-Reflection on Personal Dietary Intake	5%
Unit 1 Quiz: Introduction to Nutrition	7.5%
Assignment 2: Case Study: Low Carb Diets and Weight Loss	10%
Assignment 3: Nutrition Quackery WebQuest: Protein Supplementation and Exercise	10%
Unit 2 Quiz: Nutrients and Health	7.5%
Assignment 4: Blog Posting: Strategies for Long-Term Weight Loss	10%
Unit 3 Quiz: Energy Balance and Physical Activity	7.5%
Assignment 5: Healthy Aging Handout	10%
Unit 4 Quiz: Lifecycle Nutrition	7.5%
Mandatory Final Project: Dietary Analysis Report	25%
Total	100%

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Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles

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Canadian in BC/YT non-credit	$837.62	Click here to get more information
Canadian outside BC/YT non-credit	$946.70	Click here to get more information
International Student non-credit	$1,661.15	Click here to get more information

3 credits

Open Learning faculty member information

An Open Learning faculty member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.