Maricopa Community Colleges  FON134   19986-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
FON134 19986-20086 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Heart-Healthy Eating for Optimal Cardiovascular Fitness
Dietary principles for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease; emphasis on practical use of food group plans, food labels, and community resources; includes evaluating personal diet, estimating caloric need, determining healthy quantities and types of dietary fats, identifying food sources of dietary components associated with cardiovascular health, planning meals and snacks, and using a blood lipid profile.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
FON134   19986-20086 Heart-Healthy Eating for Optimal Cardiovascular Fitness
1. Describe the role of diet in relationship to other risk factors involved in cardiovascular disease. (I)
2. Describe dietary principles involved in prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular disease. (II)
3. List major food sources of dietary components associated with both the etiology and the prevention of cardiovascular disease. (III)
4. Use food group plans for planning intake of heart-healthy meals and snacks. (IV)
5. Estimate energy requirements for healthy weight maintenance. (V)
6. Describe caloric adjustments for safe body fat reduction. (V)
7. Calculate healthy intake of total daily grams dietary fat. (VI)
8. Evaluate personal dietary intake and, as needed, list appropriate adjustments. (VII)
9. Evaluate content of packaged foods through the use of food labels. (VIII)
10. Describe special dietary needs for conditions such as pregnancy or diabetes. (IX)
11. Identify specific dietary and lifestyle components associated with abnormal blood lipids. (X)
12. Locate additional sources of information related to cardiovascular health. (XI)
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FON134   19986-20086 Heart-Healthy Eating for Optimal Cardiovascular Fitness
    I. Risk Factors Involved in Cardiovascular Disease
        A. Controllable
          1. Diet
          2. Exercise
          3. Smoking
          4. Alcohol intake
          5. Relaxation techniques
          6. Socializing
          7. Other
        B. Noncontrollable
          1. Genetics
          2. Race
          3. Age
          4. Gender
          5. Other
      II. Basic Dietary Principles Involved in Prevention and/or Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
          A. Controlling intake
            1. Amount of food
            2. Types of dietary fats
            3. Salt or sodium
            4. Alcohol
          B. Appropriate portions of foods from a current food group plan
          C. Energy balance for maintaining healthy body weight
        III. Food Sources of Dietary Components Associated with the Etiology and/or Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
            A. Fat
              1. Saturated
              2. Unsaturated
                a. Monounsaturated
                b. Polyunsaturated
                c. Hydrogenated
            B. Salt or sodium
            C. Fiber
            D. Other
          IV. Food Group Plans
              A. Appropriate vegetarian choices
              B. Adjustments for prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease
              C. Heart-healthy meals and snacks
                1. Menu planning
                2. Shopping for appropriate foods
                3. Strategies for eating out
            V. Energy Balance
                A. Determining caloric requirements
                B. Adjusting caloric intake for healthy body weight
              VI. Calculation of Desired Grams Dietary Fat
                VII. Evaluation of Personal Diet
                    A. Basic methods of diet analysis
                    B. Evaluation
                    C. Heart-healthy adjustments
                  VIII. Food Labels
                      A. Basic format of nutrition information
                      B. Reading and interpretation
                      C. Applications
                    IX. Special Needs
                        A. Adjusting heart-healthy eating for special needs
                          1. Pregnancy
                          2. Diabetes
                          3. Other
                        B. Contraindications of fat level less than 20 percent of the caloric intake
                      X. Blood Lipid Profile
                          A. Applications in assessing coronary risk
                          B. Dietary approaches for correcting abnormalities
                            1. Increased low density lipoproteins (LDLs)
                            2. Increased very low density lipoproteins (VLDLs)
                            3. Decreased high density lipoproteins (HDLs)
                          C. Effects of other life style components
                        XI. Resources Related to Heart-Healthy Eating
                            A. Nonprofit organizations
                            B. Governmental agencies
                            C. Educational programs
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