Welcome to the Nutrition Website of Laguardia Community College



      This web page was designed primarily as a studying tool for
nutrition major students  of  Laguardia Community College. It's main purpose 
is to help students gain better understanding of lectured material and thus
perform more successfully in their studies,as well as in their future carrie.
     It is however, also an excellent aid for all those graduates who
intend to undertake the registration exam (RDT), or simply wish to quickly
refresh their knowledge of normal and clinical nutrition .
     And last but not least, it is a rich source of information for all 
those seeking to gain  sound nutrition knowledge. 

                   
What can you find on the following pages.
 
 The main body of this web site consists of selected chapter summaries
from textbook used for introductory nutrition-Perspectives in Nutrition 
by Wardlaw, Insel; third edition, Mosby,  and textbook for  clinical
nutrition A and B-Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition  fifth
edition by Whitney,Cataldo,Rolfes by West /Wadsworth.

     Each chapter summary contains highlights that will help students
focus on major topics.Every chapter is also accompanied  by multiple 
choice questions  and key words that each student should have good
understanding off.
     Students will also find assignments which purpose is to
reinforce chapter material. Answers for these questions are available
at the end of each assignment, however they are password protected.
The password will be issued to students after completing and submiting
their answers in the class.
     For those interested in more in debt information, there are also 
listed links to web sites where more information on various topics
can be found