The Diet, Food, Exercise, and Nutrition project is a collaboration between the Center for Human Nutrition within the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture and the Exercise Is Medicine program at the University of Arkansas.

You can find complete materials, including fast fact sheets, for DFEND 3.0, DFEND 2.0 and DFEND 1.0 here! All video recordings as well as additional videos on exercise and nutrition tips are on the YouTube Channel.

Course Objectives

  1. Discuss factors influencing food habits and choices with leading experts in the field
  2. Identify the various nutrients, their food sources, and functions to increase your personal nutrition knowledge
  3. Locate reliable resources for food and physical activity information
  4. Understand basic nutrition principles to incorporate into selecting a healthy eating pattern
  5. Discuss the latest science in food and physical activity with the DFEND community