SYLLABUS: HEA 207 Section 001

Nutrition and Behavior (3 credit hours)

Dr. Darwin Dennison, Certified Nutrition Specialist, American College of Nutrition,
College of Health and Human Services

Instructor:  Dr. Darwin Dennison, Certified Nutrition Specialist, American College of Nutrition
College of Health and Human Services
Email:         dennison@uncw.edu Please contact me via Blackboard email.
Phone:        910-962-7571.
Office Hours: by appointment

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Catalog Description

HEA 207-001 Nutrition and Behavior (3) is an interactive, fully online course providing a comprehensive analysis of personal food choices, physical activity and nutrition-related behavior. Emphasis on basics of sound nutrition, requirements of various nutrients, diet planning, diet patterns for specific age groups, nutritional fads, weight control and food safety. Required Text

Required Text:Dennison and Dennison, Eating and Fitness Excellence, Wilmington, NC - Please use the online version of the Eating and Fitness Excellence text. To access the Eating and Fitness efetext, click on the link above and select efetext on the top menu bar. The online version is updated each semester with new material, graphics and related links. Other class resources are included on the Home Page in Links.

Required Software: A psychometric diet composite system (DINE Healthy: Diet Improvement Software) is required and used for assignments and projects. Class experiences are organized to exemplify diet quality, energy balance, and nutrient homeostasis. The class format is based upon the Activated Health Education Model which includes experiential, awareness and responsibility phases. A nutritional self-management program is completed based upon online activity, microcomputer laboratories, and web-based assignments.

 

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Eating and Fitness Excellence, the required text, is available online. Students are expected to participate in nutrition related activities including, but not limited to, Webex discussion, Excel analyses, PowerPoint reports, DINE Healthy Lab assessments and other Internet-based assignments. Attention is directed to the practical application of nutrition knowledge and the formation of excellent food choice and physical activity behavior for personal and professional use.

Course Information

HEA 207 is an online course. There are no face to face class meetings, however, there will be synchronous activity including tests scheduled periodically throughout the course. These activities will be scheduled on Wednesdays at 2pm to 3pm. No synchronous meetings during Summer. All students must be available, complete tests or participate online during these synchronous meetings. Webex will be used for class and group discussions.

This interactive, online course provides a comprehensive analysis of personal food choices, physical activity, and nutrition-related behavior as a basis for learning and understanding nutrition, and improving personal food choices and physical activity behavior.  The goal of the course is to use your own food choices and physical activity as a basis to learn about and understand nutrition. The course includes assignments and activities to establish personalized nutritional guidelines, identify ideal caloric levels, assess energy expenditure, analyze nutrient intake, and examine the psychosocial and motivational components related to nutritional behavior. Supplements, food safety, weight management and other current nutritional issues will be reviewed.  Please check-out my website for teaching philosophy, research activity and academic expectations.

 

Student Learning Objectives

After taking this course, students will be able to:

1. Navigate course environment and identify essential information to get things started: find syllabus, course policies and procedures, textbook, assignment outline and modules.
2. Complete weekly DINE Healthy software assignments. This involves installing TealWare/Timmy or purchasing the DH software. (See below for specific detail). 
3. Utilize correct food measurements to analyze your food intake. Begin using a quantified system of dietary analysis by entering five new foods into a nutrient database.
4. Accurately complete food choice and physical activity records. Define energy balance, hunger versus appetite, and macro and micro nutrient points. Demonstrate how to monitor food intake and energy output and evaluate whether you are achieving energy balance. 
5. Analyze your nutrient intake by sorting foods according to nutritional content.
6. Conduct a more in-depth analysis of your dietary and physical activity choices using your food and exercise records.
7. Establish your ideal body weight and ideal caloric level, moving toward nutritional and physical activity lifetime goals. Conduct three-day food record analyses.
8. Expand your understanding of micronutrients and their role in your diet. Formulate goals on how better to balance these micronutrients for lifetime health and weight management.
9. Enter, track and analyze food record data based upon national dietary standards found in the DASH Diet and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
10. Fine tune your balanced diet by including the right amount of micronutrients, and maintain control over your eating and physical activity behaviors, even on special occasions.
11. Assess your knowledge of health risk factors using national recommendations measured against your own health knowledge and data.
12. Investigate the macro and micro nutrient content of specific foods by using a food explorer to determine personal, national and international standards for food safety.
13. Develop a health management plan by establishing goals, tracking progress, and evaluating success.
14. Synthesize and apply the knowledge you’ve gained over the course of this semester on nutrients, nutrient-related components, and supplements to form the components of a good diet and lifetime dietary plan.
15. Complete and develop nutrition-related artifacts based upon applied learning and/or service learning projects including a lifetime dietary plan.

Note: To achieve many of these student learning objectives, you will need to 1) enter information about you, 2) list your food and activity data, 3) analyze your diet and physical activity and 4) interpret reports from the DINE Healthy software.


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Tenative Course Outline

 

INTRODUCTION
Why Eat Better and Be Physically Active?
Lab 1: Orientation


THE BIG PICTURE
Your Nutrient and Physical Activity Analysis
Lab 2: Your Goals: DINE Score


SETTING YOUR GOALS
How Much Should You Weigh?
Determining Your Activity Level
How Many Calories Should You Eat Per Day?
How Can You Control Your Food Intake?
Your Analysis: Energy Balance
Lab 3: Energy Balance and Stating Your Goals


ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS
Macronutrients
Protein
Your Analysis: Protein
Lab 4: Your Goals: Protein
Fats and Cholesterol
Your Analysis: Fats and Cholesterol
Lab 5: Your Goals: Fats
Complex Carbohydrates
Dietary Fiber
Sugar
Your Analysis: Carbohydrates, Fiber, and Sugar
Lab 6: Your Goals: Complex Carbohydrates,
Dietary Fiber and Sugar


FINE TUNING
The Micronutrients
Sodium
Potassium
Vitamins
Minerals
Dietary Supplements
Alcohol
Aspartame
Caffeine
Additional Values
Your Analysis: The Micronutrients
Lab 7: Your Goals: Fine Tuning

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CONTROLLING YOUR FOOD CHOICES AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Improving Your Food Choices and Physical Activity
The Meal
Your Physical Activities
Planning Your DINE Score: Putting it All Together
Special Eating Situations
Lab 8: Your Goals: Eating Out


BEATING THE ODDS
The Marvel of Digestion
Why Exercise?
Overweight and Obesity
Heart Disease
Diabetes
Cancer
Nutrition During the Senior Years
The Importance of Activity and Exercise
Lab 9: Your Goals: Physical Activity and Body Mass Index
Athletes and Nutrition
Popular Diets


CONTRACTING TO WIN
The Nutrition Objectives Test
How Often Should You Perform a DINE Healthy Analysis of Your Diet?
Meal/Snack Management
Food List Management
DINE Score Management
Contract to Win
Lab 10: Your Goals: Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Management
Supplements


MAKING IT TASTY AND FUN
The Fat Difference
Meals

                               

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECORDING FOODS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
MEASUREMENTS AND CONVERSIONS
SUPPLEMENTS

Assignment Outline

 

Week

Topic

Test

Points

Date Due

1

Introduce Yourself

 

2

Week 1

2

DINE Healthy Food Database Activity

 

8

Week 2

3

DINE Healthy Lab 1

 

8

Week 3

 

DINE 3-Day Graph Analysis

 

4

DINE Healthy Reports: Sorting

 

8

Week 4

5

DINE Healthy Lab 2

 

8

Week 5

 

Physical Activity Analysis

 

 

 

Test on Material Weeks 1-5

1

100

 

6

DINE Healthy Food Analysis

 

8

Week 6

7

DINE Healthy Lab 3

 

8

Week 7

   

8

Dash Diet Lab

 

8

Week 8

 

Test on Material Weeks 6-8

2

100

 

9

DINE Lab 4

 

8

Week 9

   

10

Food Explorer

 

8

Week 10

 

Nutrition Objectives Test

 

 

11

Play to Win Activities

 

8

Week 11

12

Good Diet

 

12

Week 12

 

Test on Material Weeks 9-12

3

100

13

SPOTs / Artifacts Due

 

 

Week 13

 

Total Assignment Points

 

94

 

 

Total Assignment and Test Points

 

394

 

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Course Policies and Agreement


During the first two days of class you must respond via Blackboard email to attest that you have read the Course Policies and Agreement. You must send an email in Blackboard, using a simple ‘OK’ that you agree to the following seven mandatory conditions of this class:


HARDWARE AND SKILLS

You must have daily access to a computer, Pentium 3 or higher with DSL or cable Internet connections. When you first log on to Blackboard, determine if your browser is ready for online use. If it is not ready, you must make it ready by completing the checklist on your screen. If you have difficulty please consult with tac@uncw.edu.  You must allow pop-ups on your browser to successfully complete the course. You should also have JAVA installed on your computer... go to www.sun.com to download the free version... you must use version 6 or higher.  If you have difficulties during the course contact tac@uncw.edu, phone 962-HELP (962-4357). Please indicate to the TAC consultant that you are taking a Blackboard course... provide the consultant with the course number and instructor.


TESTS

You understand that there will be multiple online tests... plus quizzes. All tests are timed, that is, you must complete the test in a designated number of minutes from the time you logon. Each test is scheduled on one day usually on Wednesdays, no exceptions. You can take the test any time within the scheduled period usually 1 to 3 hours. The tests are electronic. Tests that are past due cannot be made up. In general, tests include data from the text, the labs, outside readings and assignments.


Tests must be taken as an individual effort. Electronic surveillance methods are used to identify cheating and plagiarism through computer IP addresses, file resource numbers, and specialized software. You must take all tests and complete all assignments individually, unless the assignment is posted for group participation. Tests will not be able to be reviewed online. To review your test, email for an appointment during office hours.

 

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ASSIGNMENTS

All assignment files must be electronically uploaded into Blackboard, using the correct file format, for full credit. Assignments sent via email in Blackboard or campus email do not receive credit. Late assignments do not receive credit. You understand that it is your responsibility to learn to download your assignments to your desktop, complete the assignment and then upload your completed assignments into Blackboard, on time and complete, for full credit. There are no exceptions. Posting your assignments correctly with complete and accurate information on time is a determinant of your grade. All assignments are due as posted on Wednesdays. New assignments are posted Thursdays. When the time period is closed... it is done. If you wait until the last day to complete your assignments, over time you will have crashes, the site will be down, and/or other issues may cause you to submit your assignments late and you will not receive credit or lose points. Submitting early is to your advantage.


DINE HEALTHY SOFTWARE

DINE Healthy software, a psychometric diet composite system, is used as the basis for diet and activity analysis in this class (HEA 207). You will need this software for weekly assignments.

 

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SERVER DOWN/DRIVE CRASHED

You understand that there are information technology issues that you must personally deal with and resolve to successfully complete the course including but not limited to server being down, or viruses / crashes destroying your work before it is uploaded into Blackboard. It is your responsibility to resolve any computer related issues so that your assignments and tests are submitted on time. You are advised not to wait until the deadline to submit your assignments, quizzes, or tests. If you wish to be safe from a technology standpoint, back up your data and use UNCW microcomputer lab computers. Although your professor is knowledgeable in technology, please keep in mind that professor expertise is nutrition and you must use UNCW information technology support (TAC) to answer navigation, browser, file management, and server related issues.


PARTICIPATION

You understand that the course professor can view your participation statistics, that is, how much time you spent online. You understand that if you have an issue that prevents you from being online for more than 3 days, you must provide rationale or risk being dropped from the class. Each week there are assignments due and/or tests. Each week there are WebEx sessions that are either required or optional.. These tasks must be electronically submitted on or before the due date for credit. Electronic assignments that are past due cannot be made up. Webex sessions are scheduled on Wednesdays for class and group discussion.


EMAIL

The assignments and procedures in this online class are designed to be clear and precise.  If you need to ask a question, you must use the Blackboard email system. In Blackboard, go to Course Tools, click on Send Email, Instructor Users, complete message and Submit.
Please Note: All emails must use complete sentences, correct grammar, and spelling or the emails will not be answered. You understand that replies may come at any time within 24 hours except weekends. Please read all related course material before sending your email. If the answer to your question is stated anywhere in the course material, you will be advised to re-read the information. Please contact TAC@uncw.edu or 962-4357 if your question is regarding file management or navigating Blackboard.


Email Agreement


If you agree with these conditions, simply send me an email in Blackboard with an "OK" within 48 hours of the beginning date of the class OR within 48 hours of registering for the class. This is synonymous to answering a roll call in a face-to-face class. You will be dropped from the class if I do not receive your Blackboard OK email. And, I reserve the right to drop you from the class if you do not agree with or do not follow any of these conditions.

 

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