Prerequisite: SARHS 201 or 251. This course will introduce students to nutrition in the community with special emphasis on the role of nutrition environments and food systems in health promotion and disease prevention. Taught in the context of a public health model, this course will address the nutritional needs of individuals within specific subgroups of the population -- infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, with specific focus on nutritionally vulnerable segments of the population at each life stage including those who are urban, of low education and/or low SES, nutrition insecure, pregnant/lactating women, and members of minority populations. The course will include the study of nutrition policy, large food programs, and community-based interventions targeting at-risk segments of the population to promote health and lower risks for chronic disease.

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