| Nutritional Sciences 160: Human Nutrition |
| Spring Semester 2002 | |
| MWF, 3-4pm; | |
| Instructor: Marc Hellerstein, M.D. Ph.D. 325 Morgan Hall; Phone: 642-0646 | |
| march@nature.berkeley.edu | |
| Office Hours: Mondays, 1:00-2:00 p.m. in 325 Morgan Hall | |
| Jean-Marc Schwarz, Ph.D., 315 Morgan Hall; Phone: 643-1039 | |
| jschwarz@nature.berkeley.edu | |
| Office Hours: Mondays, 11:00-12:00 a.m. in 315 Morgan (check in lab #316 as well). | |
| Teaching Assistant: Lisa Misell M.S. | |
| lmisell@uclink4.berkeley.edu | |
| Office Hours: Tues 1-2pm in 308 Morgan Hall (tentative) | |
| Discussion Group: W 2-3 and F 8-9 in Morgan, room 138 | |
| Syllabus | |||
| Handouts: | |||
| Unit 1 | |||
| Unit 2 | |||
| Unit 3 | |||
| Unit 4 | |||
| Unit 5 | |||
| Unit 6 | |||
| Unit 6 - Dietary Guidlines addition | |||
| Unit 7 | |||
| AHA Dietary Recommendations | |||
| Case Study 1 | |||
| RDA 10th Edition | |||
| Note: We are checking into the complaints that netscape is not allowing downloads of the handouts. For the interim, you can download the handouts if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer and you have Adobe Acrobat (the files are in PDF format.) |
| Lecture and Exam Schedule: Click on the topic titles to access the supplemental readings for that lecture; click on the Case Study, Problem Set and Midterm links to access answer keys (Adobe Acrobat is needed for viewing Adobe PDF files). | |||||
| Unit I. | Nutritional Concepts and Human Energy Needs | Problem Set 1 | |||
| Jan. 23 | W | 1. Introduction; Balance, Homeostasis, Adaptation | Schwarz | ||
| Jan. 25 | F | 2. Direct and Indirect Calorimetry | Schwarz | ||
| Jan. 28 | M | 3. Basal Metabolism | Schwarz | ||
| Jan. 30 | W | 4. Energy Requirements and Recommendations | Schwarz | ||
| Unit II. | Fluid Balance and Obesity | Problem Set 2 | |||
| Feb. 1 | F | 5. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance | Murphy email | ||
| Feb. 4 | M | 6. Heavy Physical Activity and Dehydration a Case Study | Murphy | ||
| Answer Key: Heavy physical activity and dehydration. | |||||
| Feb. 6 | W | 7. Body Composition | Schwarz | ||
| Supplemental Readings on Body Composition | |||||
| Feb. 8 | F | 8. Dynamic Nature of Energy Balance Equation | Hellerstein | ||
| Feb. 11 | M | 9. Diet and Drug Treatment of Obesity | Hellerstein | ||
| Obesity & Overweight chapter (note: file is large) | |||||
| Supplemental Readings on Obesity | |||||
| Feb. 13 | W | 10.Health Consequences of Overweight/Obesity | Hellerstein | ||
| Feb. 15 | F | 11.Body Fat Distribution and Metabolism | Hellerstein | ||
| Feb. 18 | M | ------------- Presidents' Day Holiday----------------- | |||
| Feb. 20 | W | 12.Insulin Resistance and "Metabolism Syndrome" | Hellerstein | ||
| Feb. 22 | F | Midterm 1 (answer key) | Hellerstein | ||
| Unit III. | Human Protein Needs Structural Tissues | Problem Set 3 | |||
| Feb. 25 | M | 13.Whole Body Nitrogen Metabolism | Schwarz | ||
| Feb. 27 | W | 14. Protein and Essential Amino Acid Requirements | Schwarz | ||
| Mar. 1 | F | 15. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) | Hellerstein | ||
| Protein Links | |||||
| Mar. 4 | M | 16. Infection/Inflamation and Wasting | Hellerstein | ||
| Mar. 6 | W | 17. PEM/ Infection a Case Study | Hellerstein | ||
| Mar. 8 | F | 18. Assessment of protein status | Schwarz | ||
| Amino Acid Entry Into the TCA Cycle | |||||
| Unit IV. | Bone-forming Nutrients | Problem Set 4 | |||
| Mar. 11 | M | 19. Bone and Calcium Metabolism | Hellerstein | ||
| Mar. 13 | W | 20. Vitamins and Bone/Calcium | Hellerstein | ||
| Mar. 15 | F | 21. Osteoporosis a Case Study | Hellerstein | ||
| Mar. 18 | M | Midterm 2:(answer key) | Schwarz/Hellerstein | ||
| Unit V. | Blood and Blood-forming Nutrients | Problem
Set 5a
Problem Set 5b |
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| Mar. 20 | W | 22. Nutritional Anemias | Schwarz | ||
| Mar. 22 | F | 23. Iron Nutrition | Schwarz | ||
| Iron Lecture Powerpoint Slides | |||||
| Supplemental Readings on Iron Nutrition | |||||
| Mar. 25 -29 | ----------------------- Spring Recess ---------------------- | ||||
| Apr. 1 | M | 24. Iron-Deficiency a Case Study | Schwarz | ||
| Apr. 3 | W | 25. Alcohol and Nutrition | Hellerstein | ||
| Apr. 5 | F | 26. Alcohol-related Anemia a Case Study | Hellerstein | ||
| Unit VI. | Nutrients and Prevention of Disease | Problem Set 6 | |||
| Apr. 8 | M | 27. Dietary Fat and Blood Lipids | Hellerstein | ||
| Apr. 10 | W | 28. Dietary Carbohydrate and Blood Lipids | Hellerstein | ||
| Apr. 12 | F | 29. Diet and Cardiovascular Disease | Schwarz | ||
| Supplemental Readings on Cardiovascular Disease | |||||
| Apr. 15 | M | 30. Case Study: Cardiovascular Disease and Diet | Schwarz | ||
| Apr. 17 | W | 31. Dietary Guidelines | Schwarz | ||
| Apr. 19 | F | Midterm 3: (answer key) | Schwarz/Hellerstein | ||
| Apr. 22 | M | 32. Nutrients as Antioxidants | Schwarz | ||
| Apr. 24 | W | 33. Vitamin E and Selenium | Schwarz | ||
| Vitamin E and Selenium handouts | |||||
| Apr. 26 | F | 34. Vitamin C and iodine | Schwarz | ||
| Apr. 29 | M | 35. Diet and Cancer | Hellerstein | ||
| Lecture Notes | |||||
| Unit VII. | Nutritional Concerns During the Lifecycle and Nutritional Assessment | ||||
| May 1 | W | 36. Pregnancy | Mead | ||
| May 3 | F | 37. Dietary and Nutritional assessment | Crawford email | ||
| May 6 | M | 38. Lactation, Infant nutrition | Mead | ||
| May 8 | W | 39. Elderly | Mead | ||
| May 10 | F | Midterm 4 (answer key) | Schwarz/Hellerstein | ||
| May 15 | M | 40. Review Case Study | Hellerstein/Schwarz | ||
| Final Exam: | Tuesday May 21, in 277 CORY from 5PM to 8PM | ||||
| Final Grades | |||||
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