Dept.

of Health and Nutrition Sciences

2900 Bedford Ave. • Brooklyn, NY 11210

Course Name: HNSC 3230 Nutrition and Health throughout the Life Span

Semester: Spring 2021

Section: MW12
Class time: Monday and Wednesday 12:50-2:05 PM
Class meeting:   ONLINE synchronous Monday and ONLNE asynchronous Wednesday (HYBRID)
Instructor:    Betty gadeloff-Mizrahi MS,RD,CDN
Office hour: Monday 12:15-12:50 & Monday 2:05-2:30 BB courseroom
Contact email: Bgadeloff@brooklyn.cuny.edu (CC betg33@gmail.com)
Office phone: 718-951-5026

Course Description: Nutrition and health concepts as they apply to the stages of the life cycle:
pregnancy,infancy,childhood,adolescence,adulthood, and older adults

Course Pre-requisite(s): For Nutrition students: Health and nutrition sciences 1200 or 2210
For Health students: Health and Nutrition sciences 1100 and 1200 or 2210

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Differentiate the nutritional needs of each population throughout each lifecycle stage
 Identify the factors that influence food choices at each stage
 Describe physiological changes that occur at each stage of life
 Identify the common nutrition related issues associated with each stage
 Select appropriate techniques and strategies for optimizing nutritional status at each stage
 Determine optimal or standard measures used to assess nutritional stasus at each stage.

LEARNING OUTCOMES and KRDNS

By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Apply scientific knowledge to assess critically health data/information and indicators of health status at individual, societal,
and structural levels.
2. Demonstrate analytical and communication skills for diverse audiences.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of scientific research and evidence-based practice for use in the field.
4. Demonstrate the importance of professional behavior, ethics and human rights.

HNSC 3230 contributes to the following ACEND competencies:

KRDN 1.3 Apply critical thinking skills ( midterm)

KRDN 2.1 Demonstrate effective and professional oral and written communication and documentation ( assignment )
KRDN 2.4 Discuss the impact of health care policy and different health care delivery systems on food and nutrition services
(assignment interview)

REQUIRED READINGS
Brown, J.E. Nutrition Through the Lifecycle ( any edition). Wadsworth, Cengage Learning,
ISBN: 978-0-538-73341-0. Available online (PDF copy)

ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION

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Grading
Numeric Score Letter Grade
97 -100 A+
92 - 96 A
90 - 91 A-
87 - 89 B+
82 - 86 B
80 - 81 B-
77 - 79 C+
72 - 76 C
70 - 71 C-
67 - 70 D+
61 - 66 D
60 - 61 D-
≤59 F
Unless otherwise stated, a curve will not be used.

COURSE EVALUATION/FINAL GRADE

Your final course grade will be comprised of the following components:

Assignment 25%

Midterm Exam 35%

Final Exam 40%
Total 100%

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
Assignment
We will be conducting an interview with two separate individuals to contrast prenatal health care procedures and practices pre
1970s and post 1980 and evaluate the outcome on health and experience of both mother and infant. Diversity of country of
gestation and birth may be another diverse factor depending on the subjects. A questionnaire and summary will be required at the
conclusion and submitted by May 10th 2021
Midterm Exam
Multiple choice format
Administered on Blackboard

Final Exam
Final will be multiple choice questions to be taken on Blackboard
Final is not acculumative

COURSE POLICIES

Absences
 Attendance will be taken on all synchronized days.
 Three abscences will be excused. After three abscences there will be one point deducted from final grade unless there is a
valid excuse such as illness ( the student not a relative) with a Dr.’s note or similar proof. Other excuses must be discussed
during office hours and determined on an individual baises.
 Any material or announcements missed is the responsibility of the student to make up and should speak to fellow classmates
about this.

Lateness and Early Exits

Please private message me when entering class more than ten minutes late or if there is a need to exit early.
Any material missed or announcements made are the student’s responsibility to makeup and should inquire about such information
from fellow classmates.

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Other Classroom Rules
 [insert specific policy/policies]

Formatting Written Work

 Assignments can be found on Blackboard in the assignment section . Please follow instructions. Please fill in the questionnaire
as indicated and do nor answer questions in essay form.

Submitting Assignments
 Please submit assignments on Blackboard

Email Correspondence
 You may contact me through e-mail : Bgadeloff@brooklyn.cuny.edu
 It is helpful to CC your e-mail to betg33@gmail.com
 You may text me @ 718-909-6685 when appropriate. Please start the text by stating:
HNSC 3230 followed by your name and the the message

Calendar of class meetings and important dates

Day Date Topic

Dates with an * indicate meeting on BB collaborate during class time. These dates
are tentative and may change.

*Mon. 2/1 Introduction, basic definitions, 6 basic nutrients, life cycle stages
Wed. 2/3 preconception *Mon. 2/8
Preconception
Wed. 2/10 continue preconception stage
Mon. 2/15 PRESIDENTS DAY NO CLASS
Wed 2/17 Preconception
*Mon. 2/22 gestation
Wed. 2/24 gestation
*Mon. 3/1 gestation
Wed. 3/3 gestation
*Mon . 3/8 lactation
Wed. 3/10 lactation
*Mon. 3/15 lactation

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Wed. 3/17 lactation
*Mon. 3/22 Midterm Review / Infancy
Wed. 3/24 MIDTERM EXAM
*Mon. 3/29 Spring Recess
Wed 3/31 Spring recess
*Mon. 4/5 Infancy/toddlers
Wed. 4/7 toddlers
*Mon. 4/12 School age children
Wed. 4/14 adolescence
*Mon. 4/19 adolescence/ eating disorders
Wed. 4/21 Adults
*Mon. 4/26 Obesity/CVD
Wed. 4/28 Adults/ Chronic diseases
*Mon. 5/3 geriatric
Wed. 5/5 geriatric
*Mon. 5/10 Misc. Topic / Assignment Due
Wed. 5/12 Misc.Topic
* Mon 5/17 Review
Wed. 5/19 FINAL . 1-3 PM

COLLEGE POLICIES

 
Academic Integrity 
The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each
student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both.  The complete
text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College procedure for implementing that policy can be
found at this site: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies  . If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic
integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member
MUST report the violation. NO EXCEPTIONS!  Any violation of the following will result in a grade of 0 for the
assignment or activity. 

Types of Academic Dishonesty Explicitly Prohibited

 Cheating is the unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aides, devices or
communication during an academic exercise.
 Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s ideas, research or writings as your own.
 Internet plagiarism includes submitting downloaded term papers or parts of term papers, paraphrasing or copying
information from the internet without citing the source, and “cutting & pasting” from various sources without
proper attribution.
 Obtaining unfair advantage is any activity that intentionally or unintentionally gives a student an unfair advantage
in his/her academic work over another student. This includes sharing specific information about exam questions
with other students. 
 Falsification of records and official documents includes, but is not limited to, forging signatures of authorization
and falsifying information on an official academic record.

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Center for Student Disability Services 
In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first be registered with the
Center for Student Disability Services (CSDS).  Students who have a documented disability or suspect they
may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability
Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell at 718-951-5538. If you have already registered with the CSDS please
provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with
him/her as soon as possible and at an appropriate time.

Student Absence on Account of Religious Belief 

A student who, for religious reasons, does not attend classes on a particular day or days shall be excused from any
examination or other work.  The student shall have equivalent opportunity to make up any examination or study or
work requirements. Please make every effort to notify me beforehand of any planned absences for religious reasons. 
For a full description of the policy, consult the Brooklyn College Bulletin.   

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