222.654.01
Food, Culture, and Nutrition
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
M, W, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Introduces the bio-cultural influences on nutrition and their relevance to international and domestic public health research and programs. Topics include theoretical and methodological issues in nutritional anthropology, an overview of social scientific contributions to nutrition focusing on cultural perspectives of infant feeding, social impacts on under- and overnutrition, comparisons of Eastern and Western traditions of nutrition and the role of nutritional anthropology in the development of public health interventions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand the significance of culture as it relates to food behavior and nutritional status in contemporary human populations
- Discuss how culture interacts conceptually with other aspects of human existence (behavior, social, historical, economic, etc.)
- Describe some of the main theoretical approaches that have been used to guide nutrition interventions
- Apply cultural and behavioral information to the development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition intervention programs