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Monday Morning Update – November 16, 2020 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020

Monday Morning Update – Nov 16th 2020 I hope you are all doing well!   The Covid crisis is getting worse – thank goodness Rutgers elected for on-line courses for most classes. In our class we had Exam 2 last week and the grades in general were quite good.  If you had a problem and could …

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Class 21 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Nov 12th- Chapter 10 in McGuire – Water Soluble Vitamins – Part 2

Letter from a Student Concerning the EXERCISE Assignment: Question:   Fri 11/6/2020 8:33 AM Hello!   My name is ____________ and I had a quick question about the exercise assignment. Last night I started the assignment and I am almost done but I am having a problem with page 5. On page 5, we are supposed to …

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Class 20 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Nov 10th – EXAM 2 is TODAY!

Exam 2 will be given on Canvas (see quizzes) at the following times: Exam 2 Fall 2020 Nutrition and Health Exam Schedule and Rules – 10-10-2020 November 10th –  2:15 to 3:35 pm (All East Coast times – remember   on  Standard time) November 10th – 8:30 to 9:50 pm November 11th – 8:30 to 9:50 …

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Class 19 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Nov 05th – Chapter 10 of McGuire Text – Water Soluble Vitamins

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Class 18 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Nov 03rd – Chapter 9 of McGuire Text – Physical Activity and Health

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Class 17 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Oct 29th – Finish Chapter 8 of McGuire Text – Commodities, Exercise, and Diets

Letter from a Student Concerning Obesity Explosion Tue 10/27/2020 5:23 PM Question: Professor Dixon,   I know it is late in the semester, I have been so behind due to the other science classes I am taking (biology and physics + both of their labs and recitations), but I found an email you sent earlier in …

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Class 16 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Oct 27th – Start Chapter 8 of McGuire Text – Energy Balance & Body Weight Regulation

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Class 15 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Oct 22nd – Finish Chapter 7 of McGuire Text – Electrons and Oxidative Phosphorylation

Exam 2 Moved to Tuesday,November 10th  

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Class 14 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Oct 20th – Start Chapter 7 of McGuire Text – Finish Lipids/Start Metabolism

First Lipid Quiz Due on Wednesday Some Interesting Slides on Coronary Heart Disease:

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Monday Update for Nutrition and Health – October 19, 2020 – Questions about the Diet Assignment

Just some general comments first: The Lipids Quiz is published and you need to take it before Wednesday at 5 pm.  The due date for the Diet Assignment has been extended one more time – until Wednesday at 11 pm.  However, the Drop boxes will remain open until Friday.  Most of the questions I am …

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