KINE 4020 Lecture Notes - Academic Dishonesty, Moodle, Bethune College

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 4020
• Professor: Olasunkanmi Adegoke

Document Summary

The course starts with an introduction to nutrition and diet planning. This is followed by basic digestion and absorption concepts, and an examination of energy and regulatory nutrients. The course concludes with an examination of the applied nutrition areas of sport nutrition and body weight regulation. Physical activity and health relationships are integrated throughout the course. The course starts with an introduction to nutrition science and diet planning. Basic digestion and absorption processes are examined, followed by an investigation of the energy nutrients: carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, and the regulatory nutrients: vitamins, and macro- and micro- minerals. In the second part of the course the areas of sport nutrition and body weight management are examined. Physical activity, metabolic inter-relationships, and health associations are applied throughout the course. Purpose of the course: the purpose of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the physical and psychological relationship between food and human health.