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:

  1. 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.