The Nutrition and Fitness concentration prepares students for employment as nutrition and fitness counselors and personal lifestyle coaches in health care settings, commercial establishments, public health settings, or private practice. The curriculum blends a strong science base with course work in nutrition, exercise science, teaching, and counseling. The concentration also provides an excellent background for a graduate program.<br><br>Learning Outcomes<br>Students will demonstrate:<br><br>Ability to identify nutrition-related public health problems, integrate information from basic nutrition sciences, critically analyze data, and develop appropriate conclusions<br>Discipline-specific knowledge, skills, and competencies needed in the field of dietetics and nutrition. Examples include knowledge of medical nutrition therapy, nutrition and metabolism, program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, management in school nutrition programs and long-term care, food safety, and the role of food in the promotion of health<br>Competent application of nutrition knowledge and skills in a work environment, including an ability to calculate and/or define diets for various health/disease conditions, screen individuals for nutritional risk, determine nutrient requirements across the lifespan, and calculate enteral and parental nutrition formulations, determine costs of services/ operations, interpret financial data, and prepare a budget