NS 3030 - Nutrition, Health and Vegetarian Diets

(CU-UGR)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: NS 1150 or NS 1220.

J. Michael.

Course Goals: The three primary goals of this course are to present the scientific evidence concerning:

the nutrient profile of a vegetarian dietary pattern
the health effects of consuming vegetarian diets
the biological characteristics of those who eat vegetarian diets.

Outcome 1: Demonstrate the ability to describe the experimental evidence concerning the characteristics and health impact of vegetarian diets to not only colleagues, but also lay/target audiences.