Course Code : BES 321
Course Name: Determination of Nutrition Status in Society
Weekly lecture and application hours of the course: 1-2
Course description: Community nutrition, nutritional epidemiology and nutritional determination methods, nutritional anthropometry, clinical symptoms, biophysical methods, biochemical and haematological methods, health statistics; age-specific mortality and morbidity rates, food consumption research, determination of ecological factors.
Textbooks and supplementary books:
- Food and Nutrition Care Process, L. Kathleen Mahan and Janice L. Raymond, Elsevier.
Course Evaluation:
Participation / Attendance : 10%,
Mid-Term Exam : 30%,
Homework : 10%,
Final Exam : 50%,
Attendance is at least 95 % mandatory.