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AIDS 110 : HIV and Nutrition

Credit Hours(s)2.0

InstructorsVirginia Norris-Schafer, DC, MD

Price$40.00 USD

Format(s)Downloadable Course in PDF, Text

Educational Objectives

Explain the difference between HIV infection and AIDS
Outline the methods of transmission of HIV
Explain why early treatment of HIV infection is advantageous
Discuss the basic factors in treatment
Assess the individual HIV-AIDS patient for nutritional needs
Explain the basic nutritional guidelines for the HIV infected patient.
Discuss the classification of nutrients and their sources
List some tools that may be used to do a nutritional analysis.
Recognize AIDS nutritional deficient syndromes and other co morbidities
Suggest some food plans/food treatments for nutritional deficiencies caused by the HIV infection or other opportunistic infections.
Discuss the steps to good nutritional counseling
Discuss some nutritional problems that may face the HIV patient and list some remedies for these issues.

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