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HLTH 421Nutritional Aspects of Chronic Disease

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Nutrition is integral to the etiology, prevention, and treatment of chronic diseases. This course examines nutritional aspects of key chronic diseases affecting the Canadian population. There will be an opportunity for students to explore, in depth, specific conditions and aspects of nutritional assessment or intervention that interest them. Case topics span the lifecycle and such conditions as obesity, eating disorders, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. As well, students present seminars on a topic of their choice.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of the following
      • Must have completed the following:
        • HLTH355 - Public Health Nutrition (0.50)
      • Must have completed the following:
        • BIOL273 - Principles of Human Physiology 1 (0.50)
        • KIN146 - Introduction to Human Nutrition (0.50)
        • KIN217 - Human Biochemistry (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 4A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

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  • Took this course with Professor Rhona Hanning, and I am so grateful that I did. The layout of the course was 3 case studies each worth 10 percent. Very easy to complete take about 4 hours to do if you commit ur yourself to each study. We have one presentation at the start about ourselves and our relation to nutrition, which was 20 percent to get you introduced to presentations. And the final seminar presentation on a topic related to nutrition which was also 20 present of our grade. To prepare for the final seminar, there is a topic sheet that is 5% and a annotated bibliography that is 15%. The rest of the grades are participation grades in the discussions in class. Overall, Dr. Hanning is…

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Spring 2023

HLTH 421 1 point, 0 comments

u/V_110: “For those who took HLTH 421 with Rhona Hanning I was wondering if you could tell me your thoughts and experiences taking this course &x200B;”

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