Gives the students background knowledge necessary for a basic understanding of the complex relationships between food composition and nutrition on one hand and the functioning, as well as the malfunctioning, of major organ systems on the other hand.

Imparts a basic understanding of physiology and anatomy in man and domestic animals, focusing on the interrelations between morphology and function of the human organism. This is fostered by discussing all subjects from a functional point of view. A major topic of the lecture is food intake and digestion with its correlated endocrine and metabolic processes.

Introduction to the basic knowledge necessary for an understanding of the physiology and pathology of hunger, satiety, and body weight control, how this knowledge is generated, and how it helps improve nutritional advice for healthy people as well as nutritional guidelines for patients.

Introduction to intellectual and practical ABCs of biomedical science, including (1) measurement & quantification; 2) experimental design; (3) descriptive & analytic statistics; (4) computerized data analysis, graphing, & literature searches; (5) data interpretation, hypothesis testing; (6) writing and publishing scientific papers, preparing oral & poster presentations.