FMPC 6004 -
Food As Medicine: An Elective Addressing Diet-Related Illnesses Affected by Poverty (7 Credit Hours)
Students will gain a first-hand understanding of the barriers to health - especially as they influence diet - in an impoverished urban neighborhood. Attend nutrition education lectures, help conduct and attend nutrition-based cooking classes with a professional chef during the month, attend a bariatric information session with a health psychologist, work with members of the American Culinary Federation and the Augusta District Dietetic Association, and conduct a home-based study of one or two families to analyze the connections between poverty and diet-related illnesses.
Lecture Hours: 7
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit
Repeat Status: No
Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Medicine
Schedule Type: Supervised Lab/Clinic
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