Human Nutrition

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The Human Nutrition module covers a) Basic principles of healthy eating, historical aspects of the Irish Diet, aspects of food safety, food technology, food labelling. b)The relationship between diet and disease - heart disease, diabetes, obesity, eating disorders. c)Specific nutritional needs of different population subgroups - infants, children,teenagers, older people, ethnic groups, and sports people. d) Clinical nutrition includes enteral and parenteral nutrition e) Food Policy.