May 18, 2025  
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog

HFN 507 - Nutrition Physiology and Metabolism


This course introduces nutrition physiology and metabolism, including the ingestion and digestion of food, as well as the absorption, transport, and metabolism of macro and micro-nutrients. Students will learn the structures, roles and metabolic regulation of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Students will be introduced to the role of vitamins and minerals in human metabolism and health.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): Physiology

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)