Course Description (3 credit hours) Welcome to Healthy Weight for Life. This class explores issues related to weight and health by encouraging students to think critically about how nutrition, physical activity, and our eating environment relate to the daily decisions we make about food and what to eat. Through an understanding of our societal relationship with food, we begin to contemplate our own approach to eating and exercise. Prerequisite: NUTR 1020 or instructor permission. Instructor: Theresa Dvorak MS, RD, CSSD, ATC Phone: 801-585-3191 Email: t.dvorak@utah.edu Class: Online, Canvas Office: HPER-W 108 Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30a-12:30p &Thursday 2-4pm or by appointment 1 Teaching Assistant: Sydney Reichhardt email: Sydney.reichhardt@gmail.com Office: HPER North Room 224A Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4pm Goals & Objectives Provide opportunities for students to explore class topics through several mediums that offer both exposure to various nutrition and nutrition-related resources and encourage critical thinking Develop practical approaches for the application of academic and classroom ideas to everyday life experiences Identify how nutrition information is reported and represented in the media Evaluate scientific research and its applicability to everyday life and behaviors Required Texts: Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink What to Eat by Marion Nestle In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan The End of Overeating by David Kessler NUTR 35
50 (Online): Healthy Weight for Life Week/Date Topic Readings/Assignment Due Dates Week 1/ August 26 Introduction -Syllabus & Intro Lecture Week 2/ September 2 Week 3/ September 9 Labor Day! National Eating Disorder What is a Healthy Weight Weight of the Nation (WTN) Part 1 Killer At Large (video) -Introductions & Class Topic Discussion -Lecture - Our National Eating Disorder, Michael Pollan -What to Eat pp.3-16 Introduction -American Food -Week 2 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Goal Setting Post -Various Readings -Obesity and our society -National Eating Disorder Op-Ed - Week 3 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post Week 4/ September 16 Obesity and Society -Mindless Eating: Introduction through Chapter 5 Week 5/ September 23 Mindless Eating Weight of the Nation: Part 2 -What to Eat: Chapter 1 -Week 4 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Mindless Eating: Chapters 6-10 -Week 5 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Nutrition in the Media Assignment #1 Week 6/ September 30 -The End of Over Eating: Parts 1 & 2 -Week 6 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post Week 7/ October 7 The End of Overeating -The End of Over Eating: Parts 3, 4, 5, 6 -Week 7 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Mindless Eating Assignment Due 2 Week 8/ October 14 Fall Break! Week 9/ October 21 The End of Overeating -Week 9 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Nutrition in the Media #2 Week 10/ October 28 Childhood Obesity -Michael Pollan s In Defense of Food Introduction & Part 1 Week 11/ November 4 In Defense of Food SLOW FOOD King Corn (Video) -Week 10 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post - In Defense of Food Introduction & Part 2 & 3 -Week 11 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post Week 12/ November 11 -Nutrition in the Media #3 Week 13/ November 18 Energy Balance & Physical Activity Achieving a Healthy Weight: What are our needs? -Week 12 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Various Readings -Physical Activity Lecture -Energy Balance Assignment
Dietary Guidelines/ Physical Activity Guidelines -Week 13 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post Week/Date Topic Readings/Assignment Due Dates Week 14/ November 25 Week 15/ December 2 Week 16/ December 9 Making Choices Longevity: Achieving a healthy weight for LIFE HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Weight of the Nation: Part 4 Eating Disorders What to Eat Volumetrics -Movie & Various Readings -Week 14 Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Marion Nestle s What to Eat Chapters: TBD -Nutrition in the Media #4 -Week 15Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -Final Nutrition & Exercise Journal Post -What to Eat Questions -Final Reflection Week 17/ December 16 FINALS WEEK There is no Final Exam for this course! Enjoy your Winter Vacation!!! Required Readings are in Red!!!!!Weeent Due DatAssignment Description Point Value Assignment Description Point Value Assignments and discussions will be due on Sunday evenings by midnight. Since this class does not have any exams, your grade depends highly on participation and completion of assignments. Be sure to log into Canvas regularly to check for announcements, and emails related to coursework and DUE DATES. The descriptions below offer details about some of the assignments you will be asked to complete over the course of the semester. Because this course includes current events and hot nutrition topics, assignments/discussions may be added/or subtracted based on relevant issues. 3 Discussion/Participation Nutrition & Exercise Journal National Eating Disorder Op-Ed Nutrition in the Media Mindless Eating Food & Activity Log (Energy Balance Assignment) Final Reflection Most weeks, you will be asked to engage in discussion about the week s readings and answer questions. You will need to provide insightful comments to 2 different people s postings. These should further the discussion, remember that participation is imperative for credit. At the beginning of the semester you will establish 2 nutrition 2 exercise/movement/pa goals for the next 15 weeks. You will have to record weekly journal entries describing your progress It has been argued that America doesn t have a food culture which has lead to a National Eating Disorder. You will write an opinion piece related to this topic Nutrition is a common topic in the media. You will evaluate how nutrition is portrayed in the media through various mediums and respond to thoughts/ questions. 4 assignments - varying point values depending on the assignment. Using the strategies illustrated in Mindless Eating you will attempt to reengineer your eating environment and impact your food choices. To understand more fully the effects of energy balance, you will keep a complete 24-hour food and activity record and compare these analyses to other assessment calculations You will be asked to reflect on how this course has defined your relationship with food. TOTAL POINTS (subject to change if assignments are added or subtracted as the semester progresses) Varies 90 pts (5 pts per weekly post; 10pt for first, 35 pt for last post) 25 pts TBD 75 pts 75 pts 35pts TBD
Student Assessment & Evaluation: Grading Scale: A 93 100 C 73-77 A- 90 92 C- 70-72 B+ 88 89 D+ 68-69 B 83 87 D 63-67 B- 80 82 D- 60-62 C+ 78 79 F 59 Policies: 1. All assignments will be due by 11:59pm on the due date. For every day that a non-discussion assignment is late (up to one week) 10% will be deducted from the grade. Discussion/Participation points will only be given for completion during scheduled time, late points will not be given. NO EXCEPTIONS. 2. Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Any written work must be presented in original format and cited appropriately. 3. See the following page for additional Division of Nutrition departmental policies. 4 U-Online Information: 1. Email to Instructors/Students, after first-day-of-classes will be sent to UMail Addresses (i.e. unid@utah.edu - looks like u???????@utah.edu). Please check email at least once per week to receive U-Online updates or simply have messages forwarded to your Preferred-Email Address (see details at http://it.utah.edu/services/email/umail/) 2. Special messages, especially urgent information, may also be sent to the Preferred-Email Address, so it's best to verify one's contact information is correct in CIS (Campus Information System). See the link under both the "Students" and "Faculty & Staff" sections of http://www.utah.edu/ 3. Timely updates are also displayed on the UOnline website, in the Announcements section, so check regularly at https://uonline.utah.ued/ 4. Questions? Please call the UOnline Help Desk at (801) 585-7282.
Rules & Regulations for the Division of Nutrition: 1. All Division of Nutrition graduate students are required to achieve a B or better final grade for this course. 2. Students can add any class through telephone registration during the first and second weeks of class. 3. Add/drop policy: A withdrawal is accomplished with a withdrawal form picked up by the student from the Registrar's Office. This form must be signed by the instructor and verified by the Division Director. The completed form is returned to the Registrar's Office, 250 Student Services Building. PLEASE KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS! Last day to drop (delete) classes: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Last day to withdraw from classes: Friday, October 25, 2013 Explanations: Students can drop class by phone or web through Wed September 4, 2013 and the classes will not appear on their transcripts. Students can withdraw from classes by phone or web prior to Friday October 25, 2013, but will be held responsible for tuition, and a *W* will appear on their transcript for these courses. 4. An "I" grade will be given only for mitigating circumstances. General guidelines include: a. An illness (documented by a medical statement if desired by the instructor) that precludes the ability of the student to perform. b. An accident or situation (once again documentation may be required) that prevents the student from physically being present. c. Extreme emotional and other mental circumstances that are severe enough to interfere with a student's normal academic performance. Generally UNACCEPTABLE reasons for an incomplete would be: a. The student is receiving a low grade and wants to retake the course another quarter for a higher grade. b. The student has not attended the course or has only attended sporadically and wants to "makeup" lost participation and assignments. c. The student is failing but doesn't want to repay when the course is repeated. The student and instructor must sign a contract outlining remaining obligations and time frame for the completion of the "I". Retroactive Withdrawals: Seldom is a grade "removed" from a student's transcript. Students go through a lengthy appeals procedure (refer to Academic Advising for more information on this) and must receive the approval of a faculty-staff committee. Repeating a Course: A student may repeat a course to improve a grade as long as the course is neither restricted nor unavailable. Only the grade the last time the student retakes the course will be compiled into the grade point. The original grade(s) in the course, however, remains on the transcript. STUDENTS have the responsibility to contact instructors and to process necessary forms. Students are discouraged from leaving forms in the instructor's mailbox as they have been lost or misplaced in the past. 5