This course examines nutrient needs of individuals throughout various life stages: preconception, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, preschool years, middle childhood, pre-adolescence, adolescence, adulthood and late adulthood. Students understand the changing nutrient requirements through the lifecycle and apply this knowledge through special topic presentations and in the development of teaching tools that can be used for public education audiences. This is a service-learning course. Prerequisites: BIOL 101, CHEM 111, UNRS 120, and PSYC 290