Cayuga County
197 Franklin Street Auburn, NY 13021-3099
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
Cayuga County has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
BIOL 209
Nutrition
Appropriate for science majors and non-majors, and students pursuing a career in healthcare professions. Examines the fundamentals of nutrition including nutrient composition of foods, macronutrients and micronutrients, physiological factors influencing nutritional needs, nutrient digestion, assimilation, and storage, nutrient requirements across the lifespan, the role of food and nutrients in health and disease, methods used in dietary planning and assessment, sources of nutrition information, scientific methodology and methods used in nutrition research, biotechnologies, and food sustainability and insecurity.