Practical considerations for the nutritional assessment of athletes are discussed. Various disease states requiring dietary modifications will be examined with special emphasis placed on the metabolic basis for these modifications. A large segment of the course will be devoted to review of journal articles dealing with the most recent information on the significance and management of selected disease states. This course covers the indirect and direct methods used in the assessment of nutritional status. Both traditional and new methods of determining nutritional status are discussed, including anthropometric techniques, nutrition history screenings, soft tissue assessment, biochemical assessment, dietary survey techniques, and demographic assessment.
Course provides opportunity for students to have experience in a practice setting.
Choice of setting depends on student's area of specialization. Individual study of a selected topic under the direction of a faculty member. Individual study of a selected topic or issue, under the direction of an approved graduate committee. Resulting in a written paper judged as suitable for submission to a professional journal. Individual study of a selected investigation in nutrition or food science under the direction of an approved thesis chair and thesis committee.