Instructions

To complete this orientations assignment, you will write a very short paragraph describing how you will use what you learn in this course in your professional life as well as personal life. 

The student will be able to:
1.
Exhibit understanding of general nutrition principles including food choices and nutrient intake, nutrients and their
functions, evaluating nutrition information, and health implications of nutrient
intake.
2.
Describe the purpose of nutrient recommendations purpose, application, and evaluation as related to the DRIs,
choose my plate and food labeling
guidelines.
3.
Exhibit knowledge of structure, functions, food sources and metabolic implications of carbohydrates
on physiological
processes including excesses and
deficiencies.
4.
Exhibit knowledge of structure, functions, food sources and metabolic implications of Lipids on physiological
processes including excesses and
deficiencies.
5.
Exhibit knowledge of structure, fun
ctions, food sources and metabolic implications of proteins on physiological
processes including excesses and
deficiencies.
6.
Exhibit understanding of the relationships of vitamins from both food and supplemental sources on health, including
specific charact
eristics, functions, deficiency diseases, toxicities, and specific food sources of each
nutrient.
7.
Exhibit understanding of the relationships water and minerals from both food and supplemental sources on health,
including specific characteristics, functions
, deficiency diseases, toxicities, and specific food sources of each
nutrient.
8.
Exhibit understanding of the relationship between the composition of nutritional intake and the outcomes of
pregnancy and infant growth and development, children, early adolesce
nts, teens and older
adults.
9.
Exhibit understanding of weight control principles as related to energy
balance.
10.
Exhibit understanding issues related to domestic and global
hunger.

11.
Exhibit understanding of issues related to food
safety.

Use a word processing program or text editor. Spell check and grammar check all work. Format your work to include a heading which includes your name, date,course, and title of assignment. I expect college level work from ALL writing assignments regardless of point value of assignment.