Applies a basic knowledge of nutrition to enable the students to make good dietary decisions. Provides a basis for discerning healthy diets.

Presents the basic principles of human nutrition with emphasis on the nutrients and factors that affect their use in the human body.

Introduces the principles of nutrition for the maintenance of good health throughout the life-cycle. Applications of nutritional principles are presented via the connection between diet and the prevention and treatment of disease. Investigates the socioeconomic, ecological and political factors that shape national nutritional policy and ultimately affect personal health.