HLTH 1021: Nutrition for Health and Changing Lifestyles
This course provides an introduction to the relationship between nutrition and health. The focus is on healthy eating, understanding strategies for modifying food patterns within the context of lifestyle and culture, and identifying standards of healthy eating in Canada.
Learning outcomes
- Identify the standards for healthy eating that exist in Canada
- Identify influences on food choices
- Recognize your own nutritional needs and how to achieve them through foods
- Identify characteristics of nutrition quackery and valid nutrition information
- Identify nutrients of concern for various lifecycles and lifestyles (e.g. children, older adults, vegetarians, athletes, etc.)
- Recognize the relationship between nutrition and health status
- Analyze personal dietary intake in relation to Canadian standards
- Identify functions, food sources and deficiency/toxicity symptoms for vitamins and minerals.
Course topics
- Unit 1: Introduction to Nutrition
- Unit 2: Nutrients and Health
- Unit 3: Energy Balance and Physical Activity
- Unit 4: Lifecycle Nutrition
Required text and materials
Students are responsible for purchasing the required materials on their own:
- Sizer, F.S., Whitney, E., & Piche, L.A. (2020). Mindtap with Diet and Wellness Plus for Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (5th Canadian ed). Nelson Education.
Type: Textbook. ISBN: 9780176892999 / 9780176892869
Note: This item can be purchased directly from the following VitalSource link.
Assessments
To successfully complete this course, students must achieve 50% or higher on the overall course, and 50% or higher on the mandatory final project.
| Assignment 1: Self-Reflection on Personal Dietary Intake | 5% |
| Unit 1 Quiz: Introduction to Nutrition | 7.5% |
| Assignment 2: Case Study: Low Carb Diets and Weight Loss | 10% |
| Assignment 3: Nutrition Quackery WebQuest: Protein Supplementation and Exercise | 10% |
| Unit 2 Quiz: Nutrients and Health | 7.5% |
| Assignment 4: Blog Posting: Strategies for Long-Term Weight Loss | 10% |
| Unit 3 Quiz: Energy Balance and Physical Activity | 7.5% |
| Assignment 5: Healthy Aging Handout | 10% |
| Unit 4 Quiz: Lifecycle Nutrition | 7.5% |
| Mandatory Final Project: Dietary Analysis Report | 25% |
| Total | 100% |
Open Learning Faculty Member Information
An Open Learning Faculty Member is available to assist students. Students will receive the necessary contact information at the start of the course.
