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 2022

Section: MW9
Class time: Monday and Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am
Class meeting: Monday and Wednesday in person class room TBA
Instructor: Betty Gadeloff-Mizrahi MS,RD,CDN
Office hour: Monday and Wednesday 10:45 -11 am (following class)and Monday and Wednesday 12: 15-12:30
Location will be determined once class rooms are assigned. By appointment on Blackboard in our course room.
Contact email:[email protected] (CC [email protected]) In certain instances you may text me @
718-909-6685. Please do not call. I will discuss when a text is recommended or e-mail.
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.

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,
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ISBN: 978-0-538-73341-0. Available online (PDF copy)

*Packet at FAR BETTER Printing ( 43 Hillel PL) will be available for purchase first week of

classes. This packet is mandatory ( cost approximately $10)

ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION

Grading
Numeric Letter
Score 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%
Attendance is essential and will be factored into final grade. See below information under title absences to see how
it will affect grade.

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 ( hard copy only) due Wednesday
April 27th
Midterm Exam
Multiple choice format
In class tentatively but may be moved to blackboard
Tentative Date: Monday 4/4

Final Exam
Final will be multiple choice questions
Final is not cumulative
Final will be in class but may be moved to Blackboard
Date :TBA
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COURSE POLICIES

Absences
● Attendance will be taken on all days that we meet in class
● Three abscences will be excused. After three absences 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 basis.
● 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.

Other Classroom Rules

No texting during class. If there is an urgent matter that needs your attention please take it outside of the room
and return when done. Frequent glancing at cell phones during class is inappropropriate and every effort
should be made to put phones away until after class.

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 not answer questions in essay form.
● Please print out a hard copy to hand in by due date.

Submitting Assignments
● Please submit assignments at the end of class on due date . Once you’ve handed in your paper you will sign a
submission sheet as a record of submission.

Email Correspondence
● You may contact me through e-mail : [email protected]
● It is helpful to CC your e-mail to [email protected]
● You may text me @ 718-909-6685 when appropriate. Please start the text by stating:
HNSC 3230 followed by your name and then the message . Please do not text me
regarding test scores, grades, missed work and any other inquiries other than
emergencies regarding missing exams, midterm or final or something that requires
my immediate attention.
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Calendar of class meetings and important dates

Day Date Topic :

Mon. 1/31 Syllabus review; introduction

Wed. 2/2 Review Fundamental concepts; preconception stage
Mon. 2/ 7 cont. preconception
Wed 2/9 continue preconception
Mon. 2/14 Preconception
Wed. 2/16 preconception
*Mon. 2/21 CC
Wed. 2/23 preconception/ gestation
Mon 2/ 28 gestation ;Discuss assignment please bring copy to class
Wed. 3/2 gestation
Mon. 3/7 gestation
Wed. 3/9 gestation
Mon. 3/14 gestation
Wed. 3/16 lactation
Mon. 3/21 Lactation
Wed 3/23 lactation
Mon. 3/28 Lactation
Wed. 3/30 Discuss midterm; topic infancy
Mon. 4/4 MIDTERM EXAM ( tentative date)
Wed. 4/6 Infancy
Mon. 4/11 Toddlers
Wed. 4/13 Childhood/Pre school
Mon. 4/18 NC
Wed. 4/20 NC
Mon. 4/25 School age
Wed. 4/27 Adolescence ; ASSIGNMENT DUE
Mon. 5/2 Adolescence
Wed. 5/4 Adult
Mon. 5 /9 Adult / chronic diseases
Wed. 5/11 Diseases/ geriatric
Mon. 5/16 geriatric ( last class)

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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.

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

Astudent 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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Student Bereavement Policy

Students who experience the death of a loved can take a one week bereavement leave and may be allowed to
withdraw from the semester in which the death occurs. The student must contact the Division of Student Affairs,
2113 Boylan Hall, 718.951.5352, [email protected], if they wish to implement either the
Standard Bereavement Procedure or the Leave of Absence Bereavement Procedure. The Bereavement Leave
of Absence is for one semester only.

The Division of Student Affairs has the right to request a document that verifies the death (e.g., a funeral
program or death notice).
Typically, this death involves that of a family member, in parallel to the bereavement policy for faculty and staff. It
is up to the discretion of the Division of Student Affairs to determine if a death outside of the immediate family
warrants implementation of the student bereavement policy. For a full description of the policy read more here:
https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/initiatives/policies/bereavement.php