What will you learn?
- An outline of the chemistry of the basic nutrients, how they are ingested, digested, absorbed and finally egested
- Various ethnic and geographic factors relating to diet
- What metabolism is and how food is utilised to build up body tissues
- How the body is affected by:
- Under-nutrition
- Over-nutrition
- Obesity, and how it contributes to morbidity and mortality
- The biological and psychological factors responsible for abnormal eating patterns
- The characteristics of anorexia and bulimia
- The various other eating disorders commonly observed
- The underlying nutritional fallacies of some of the fad diets
- An understanding of why some diets are good and what the nutritional and health benefits of these are
- How to construct a healthful menu