Academic Catalog 2018–2019

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Bachelor of Science in Nutrition

Overview

There is increasing evidence that the quality of food and eating habits affect health and quality of life; currently, dietary factors are implicated in several major causes of death. Nutrition is the application of knowledge about food to help people achieve and maintain health throughout their life span. Dietetics involves helping people meet their nutritional needs in health and disease through diet counseling and nutrition support.