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NUTR 405 (Rev. C6): Nutrition in Health and Disease Report a Broken Link

Welcome to Nutrition 405: Nutrition in Health and Disease, a three–credit, senior–level course designed to introduce you to the methods used in carrying out nutrition research, the role of diet in the causation of diseases (particularly chronic diseases related to lifestyle), life cycle nutrition, exercise nutrition, and the critical evaluation of nutrition information.

Required Readings

Unit 1

Lowry, F. Placebo response requires more study, researchers say. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 148, 12 (1993): 2187–2188.

Unit 2

Cordain, L., S. B. Eaton, A. Sebastian, N. Mann, S. Lindeberg, B. A. Watkins, J. H. O’Keefe, and J. Brandt–Miller. Origins and evolution of the Western diet: Health implications for the 21st century. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 81 (2005): 341–35.

Unit 5

Stampfer, M. J., F. B. Hu, J. E. Manson, E. B. Rimm, and W. C. Willett. Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle. New England Journal of Medicine, 343, 1 (2000): 16–22.

Unit 8

Slavin, J. L., D. Jacobs, L. Marquart, and K. Wiemer. The role of whole grains in disease prevention. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101, 7 (2001): 780–785.