Transfers ToCSUCSU GE Area EDescriptionThis course examines the basic principles of human nutrition and their relationships to optimum health. Food sources of nutrients, scientific concepts relating to the functions of nutrients, and current nutritional issues are emphasized. Nutritional needs during the various stages of the life cycle from prenatal to adult are studied. Student food intake is evaluated using a computerized diet analysis. Students learn the scientific concepts of Nutrition in a lecture interactive format evaluating how lifestyle, diet, food/nutrition/ nutrient excess and deficiencies; phytochemicals; food safety; food technology affect diseases and assessment of nutrition in human development from conception through maturity. Personal dietary assessment, synthesizing data from computerized dietary program and family tree, appraises nutritional disease risk factors. Students evaluate excesses and deficiencies and construct practices that establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle and result in a healthier mind, healthier nutritional eating practices, enhancing the spirit and nourishing the body. FINANCE 