Nutrition
3 courses · Las Positas College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
NTRN 5 Sports Nutrition
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students will study the role of nutrition in sports, performance and physical fitness. Optimal food, nutrient, and activity choices to maximize athletic performance for all athlete types.
NTRN 1 Introduction to Nutrition Science
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- NUTR 110
This course introduces the theoretical foundations of nutrition science by examining the biochemical, physiological, and molecular mechanisms underlying human nutrition and health. Students integrate scientific principles from biology, biochemistry, microbiology, and public health to understand nutrient function from cellular to systemic levels. This course emphasizes scientific methodology and evidence-based analysis of macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism, energy systems, and physiological regulation. Students examine theoretical frameworks underlying digestion, absorption, gut microbiota interactions, and the pathophysiology of nutrition-related diseases. Course content includes the scientific basis of dietary guidelines, emerging research in nutrigenomics, epigenetics, food safety principles, and contemporary issues in food systems and nutrition equity from research-based theoretical perspectives.
NTRN 10 Perspectives in Cultural Nutrition
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 hours lecture
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course explores the bio-cultural influences on nutrition and their relevance to international and domestic public health research and programs while encouraging self-examination and cultural humility. Topics include cultural perspectives on infant feeding, comparisons of Eastern and Western traditions of nutrition, global food issues, dietary habits, socioeconomic influences on food culture, and the social impacts of under and over-nutrition.