NUTR 325 Nutrition Across the Lifespan

Examine how nutrition needs change across the lifespan

In NUTR 325, you’ll identify nutrition needs and concerns across life stages — pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and later years.

You’ll learn how the degree and direction of physiological change drive nutrient requirements compared with other stages of life.

This course also helps you explore nutrition degree pathways, where understanding how nutrient needs change across life stages is essential to supporting health and well-being.

What makes this course stand out?

Career relevance

Build knowledge and skills useful for healthcare, education, community programs and wellness industries.

Life-stage framework

Connect physiology to changing nutrient needs from preconception through aging.

Case-based learning

Apply concepts to realistic scenarios that mirror clinical and community settings.

Evidence first

Evaluate current research and guidelines to inform practical decisions.

Who should take this course?

Biology majors

Translate human physiology into practical nutrient recommendations at each stage of life.

Food science and technology majors

Connect product development and labeling to the needs of infants, children, adults and older adults.

Education majors

Bring age-appropriate nutrition insights into classrooms and youth programs.

Business administration or hospitality management majors

Apply consumer insights about life-stage needs to wellness, food service and product strategy.

Pre-med, pre-nursing and health professions students

Build a strong foundation in life-stage nutrition to support future clinical training.

Nutrition majors

Deepen your grasp of life-stage physiology and apply it to real nutrition decisions.

Public health majors

Understand how life-stage nutrition shapes population health and prevention strategies.

Kinesiology majors

Link growth, performance and recovery to stage-specific nutrition needs.

Human development and family sciences majors

Explore how family context and life transitions influence nutrition across the lifespan.