304462 - Clinical Nutrition
Credit Hours

2

Pre-requisite

304364

Co-requisite

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Distribution

2+0

This course introduces the students to Medical foods and supplements, disease classification and symptoms, and development of suitable dietary plans for the nutritional support of individuals with certain pathological conditions. The course will include: obesity and its relation with physical exercises, home parenteral nutrition, food-induced allergy, special nutrition for disease states, and the diagnosis of diseases related to vitamins and minerals deficiency.