This course is designed for the study of educational problem solving and accountability and their relationship to needs assessment techniques, evaluation methodologies, and decision-making processes. D. Program in Educational Leadership and EDL 762 or equivalent. Basic principles of nutrition in health and disease. The modern concept of an adequate diet based upon the nutritional needs of the individual is stressed. Two interrelating factors, the influence of nutrition on disease and the influence of disease on nutrition, are stressed.
Emphasis is placed on food selection and quality of nutrients in normal and therapeutic diets.
A study is made of the fundamental concepts of nutrition. The various nutrients, their sources, metabolism, physiology and interrelationships are emphasized. Requirements at different stages of growth and development are studied. Experience is provided in making dietary studies and in adjusting meals for individual and population groups. Analysis of the changing and supportive role of the members in the contemporary stages of the family life cycle.