Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy (NUTB-0316)

Summer 2026 · NUTB 0316 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

This course aims to expand student’s knowledge on a variety of common pathophysiological conditions and integrate this knowledge with the intervention of clinical nutrition therapies. Students will learn about the basic elements of medical nutritional therapy. These include nutritional assessment, which incorporates the use of anthropometric, biochemical and clinical data to determine nutritional status. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding energy expenditure and body composition and their components, and how these may change during physiological stress or illness. Students then learn about enteral and parenteral nutrition and fundamental aspects of nutrition support. These core elements are then applied in the study of various disease states and clinical nutrition therapy. Students also have the opportunity to explore diet and disease in an approved area of their interest through written and oral presentation. Prerequisite courses: Nutrition Science, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Human Biology or Physiology.

Course codes: NUTB-0316, NUTB 0316, NUTB0316, NUTB-316, NUTB 316, NUTB316

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