NUTRI 300 Nutrition
Folsom Lake College
• Units:3
• Hours: 54 hours LEC
• Prerequisite: None.
• Advisory: BIOL 300 and CHEM 305 with grades of "C" or better
• Transferable:Course Transferable to UC/CSU
• General Education:AA-AS Area III(b); AA-AS Area IV; CSU Area E1.
• C-ID: NUTR 110
This course examines nutrition as a science and the chemical properties of nutrients in foods, the sources
and functions of the nutrients in all stages of the life cycle, as well as nutrition as a world problem, and
consumer problems related to food. Topics emphasized include nutrient metabolism, weight loss, sports
nutrition, food safety, the diet-disease relationship, global nutrition and analysis of special nutritional
requirements from the prenatal period through the geriatric years. An evaluation of personal dietary habits
using current dietary guidelines and nutritional assessment methods will be completed to help students
analyze their own nutritional health using scientific principles. Students will be required to complete a
personalized dietary analysis.
Class Section Details
• Class Number: LEC 15254
• Term: Eight Week - Second, March 20 to May 12
• Instruction Mode: Fully Online
• Building:Online
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• Enrollment Status: 13 waitlist places available
• Day/Time:Asynchronous – no scheduled meeting times
• Instructors:Debora Silva
• Textbook:See textbook(s) in bookstore. Section uses only no-cost open educational resources.
This is an online course. Students must have access to a computer and the Internet. The orientation for this
course is online and can be found on the Los Rios eLearning website at [Link]. Please follow
the login instructions to access the course site and login to the eLearning system. For more information,
please contact the instructor at SilvaD@[Link]