HUN 1201 - Nutrition HUN 1201 - Nutrition 3 cr. hrs. This course is designed to provide the fundamental principles and practices that are essential in basic nutrition to maintain health, to prevent disease, provide appropriate nutrition throughout all the stages of life, and to provide an understanding of the major illnesses and disease states resulting from a lack of proper nutrition, including energy imbalance. It also presents background and information for the application of nutrition for your personal needs, principles of learning and teaching nutrition, and information for the selection of food required to meet the physiological and psychological needs of an individual and to conform to his/ her socio-economic background. Course Designations: (TR)