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Department of Nutrition Science

Purdue University

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	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Suggested Study Questions
Week 1	Introduction to the course	Introduction (cont.) Bennion-Chaps. 6,7 Brown-Units 1, 6 Know your nutrition facts label Digestion and absorption Brown-Unit 7 Read Brown, Unit 6, pages 12-21 and http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ Publications/MyPlate/ GettingStartedWithMyPlate.pdf	Starches and cereals Reading assignment	Bennion-6: 4,5,6 7: 1 13: 1,2,3,4,5 14: 1,2,3
Week 2	Carbohydrate nutrition Brown-Unit 12 pp. 1-10	Diabetes and dental health Flour and leavening Reading assignment Brown-Unit 13, Unit 12 pp. 15-17	Pastry Bennion-Chaps. 15 and 19 IR 1 rough outline due today	Bennion-15: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10,11,12,13 19: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Week 3	Quick breads and cakes Reading assignment Group 1 Investigative Report materials are due today	Fiber and alcohol Brown-Unit 12, pp. 10-14, Unit 14 Mini-Exam 1	Investigative Reports-Group I	Bennion-16: 1,2 17: 2,3,5,6,7,8 18: 1,2,3,4,5,9,10,11
Week 4	Yeast breads Reading assignment	Yeast bread (cont.)	Vitamins Brown-Unit 20	Bennion-20: 4,5,6,14,18,20.22
Week 5	Water Brown-Unit 25 Bottled water and fluoride Fruits and vegetables Reading assignment	Phytochemicals in foods Brown-Unit 21 Mini-Exam 2	Fruits and vegetables IR 2 rough outline due today	Bennion-21: 4,5 8,9
Week 6	Fruits and vegetables (cont.)	Protein introduction and milk Reading assignment Protein nutrition Brown-Unit 15	Protein nutrition (cont.) Group 2 Investigative Report materials are due today	Bennion-23: 2,3,4, 6,10,11,12,13
Week 7	Cheese Bennion-Chap. 23 International Menu Project	Eggs Reading assignment Mini-Exam 3	Investigative Reports-Group II	Bennion-23: 14,15,16,18 24: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 10,12,13
Week 8	OCTOBERBREAK	Vegetarian diets and food allergies Brown-Unit 16, 17	Minerals (major) Brown-Unit 23 Minerals (trace)	Bennion-25: 1,2,3 4,5,6,7,8
Week 9	Minerals (major) Brown-Unit 23 Minerals (trace)	Supplements Brown-Unit 24 What FDA approves Typical daily menu due this week Mini-Exam 4	Meat Reading assignment	Bennion-26: 2,3,5 27: 1,3,4,7,8
Week 10	Meat (cont.) Meat ID slides IR 3 rough outline due today	Gelatin Bennion-Chap. 22	Fat Brown-Unit 18	Bennion-22: 5,6,7 8,9,10
Week 11	Fats and Oils Reading assignment Group 3 Investigative Report materials are due today	Emulsions Mini-Exam 5	Investigative Reports-Group III	Bennion-10:1,2,3,5 6,8,10,12,14
Week 12	Energy balance and obesity Brown-Units 8, 9, 10	Obesity and underweight (cont.)	Solutions, sugars, and syrups, Reading assignment	Bennion-11: 1,2,6 7,8,9,10
Week 13	Sugar cookery Bennion, Chap. 11 Disordered eating Brown-Unit 11 IR 4 rough outline due today	Nutrition and coronary heart disease Brown-Unit 19 Beverages and frozen desserts Reading assignment Mini-Exam 6	Nutrition and cancer Brown-Unit 22 International Menu Project due today!	Bennion-12: 2,3,4,5 6,7 28: 3,5,6
Week 14	Beverages and frozen desserts (cont.) Group 4 Investigative Report materials are due today	Nutrition, fitness, and performance Brown-Units 27, 28	Investigative Reports-Group IV	----------------------
Week 15	Nutrition, fitness, and performance Brown-Units 27, 28 (cont.) Mini-Exam 7	Thanksgiving vacation	Thanksgiving Day	----------------------
Week 16	Nutrition in pregnancy and lactation Brown-Unit 29	Nutrition through the teen years Brown-Unit 30	Food Safety Reading assignment Brown-Unit 32	Bennion-3: 2,3,4,5,6,7
Week 17	FINALS WEEK	FINALS WEEK	FINALS WEEK	FINALS WEEK Snow

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