This course is designed to look at basic nutrition, health, and safety needs of children from the prenatal period through school age. Topics include identification of the nutrients in foods as they affect a child s physical and mental development. Course emphasis is placed on maintaining the optimal health, safety, and nutritional status of children at home and in group care. This course is a comprehensive study of basic principles of food science and theory and techniques involved in food preparation. A study of the factors that influence foods and the changes which occur in foods during preparation.
Emphasis is on basic cooking skills and theory application.
Not open to students who have completed Hospitality Management 16. This course is an introduction to nutritional concerns as they apply to the elderly, their implications in the aging process and the environmental, economic and cultural factors affecting nutritional status. Not open to students who have completed Gerontology 43. Copyright 1999-2001 for the Los Rios Community College District . All Rights Reserved.