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Nutrition, Growth & Behavior

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
MoWe 1p.m. – 2:15p.m.
McCormack M01-0207 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
MoWe 1p.m. – 2:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0207
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

An evaluation of the influence of nutrition on growth and development in human populations. Particular emphasis on malnutrition and its effects on physical growth, neurological development and behavioral capacity. A model is developed which outlines the relationship between nutritional stress, the behavioral variation produced as a consequence of the stress, and the sociocultural characteristics of human communities.

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