Discover the fundamental principles of nutrition and its impact on our daily lives. The course provides an overview of nutrients and how they work in the body. Topics will include vitamins and minerals, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, metabolism, digestion, absorption and energy balance. An examination of how fitness, diet and wellness connect for making healthy decisions and achieving health goals. NHW 100 is a pre-requisite for NHW 102 and NHW 103.
No Scheduled Class Meetings, January 15 - March 24 (Online)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Matilda Laar
Notes:
Instructors
Matilda Laar
Dr. Matilda Essandoh Laar is an instructor in the Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Program at McMaster University. Her research interests focus on the role of food environments in the food security and health of mothers and children in low-resource settings; nutrition education in health systems; and the development of monitoring and evaluation tools in the agriculture, nutrition, and health nexus in low-to-middle income countries. She has taught courses in nutrition and public health at McMaster’s School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and in tertiary education institutions internationally.
Matilda obtained her PhD in Human Nutrition from McGill University and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota, USA.
