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Southern Utah University
Fall Semester 2025

Intuitive Eating (Face-to-Face)

NFS 2480-01

Course: NFS 2480-01
Credits: 3
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Department: ASNS
CRN: 30117

Course Description

Provides an overview of the concept of eating intuitively with a Health at Every Sizereg approach. Examines the social, cognitive, cultural, biological, and environmental factors that influence eating and physical activity behaviors. Provides practical strategies to promote healthy relationships with food, exercise, and body image.

Required Texts

  1. Intuitive Eating 4th edition by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
    Paperback ISBN: 9781250255198
  2. Selected text for Book Club

Learning Outcomes

SUU Essential Learning Outcomes

Integrative Learning: Students make connections among ideas and experiences and can synthesize and transfer their learning about nutrition to new, complex situations within and beyond the campus.

Critical Thinking: Students demonstrate disciplined processes of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

Teamwork: Students demonstrate productive interaction with others (in or out of class) to complete assignments, tasks or projects.

Course Objectives

At the completion of the course, the successful student will be able to:

  • Explain the historical and modern perspectives of media9s influence on body dissatisfaction
  • Explain the many factors that influence why people eat
  • Apply the intuitive eating principles as outlined in the text
  • Explain the impact of the diet industry on individuals and society as a whole
  • List coping mechanisms in addition to the use of food
  • Compare and contrast the differences between a weight-focused vs a non-weight-focused approach to health
  • List strategies for raising intuitive eaters and promoting body image resilience
  • Explain the etiology, treatment options, and harms of a select number of eating disorders

Course Requirements

General Information
The required book will be used extensively during the semester. Learning and enjoyment of course material is enhanced when students come to class prepared, having completed assigned readings in advance.
Exams will not be given in this course. Grades will be based on performance on written and oral assignments, timely and effective completion of projects, ability to function in a group setting, and in-class participation.
After each assignment is completed, grades will be posted on Canvas. It is your responsibility to verify that your grade has been correctly recorded within 1 week of your grade posting in Canvas.
Grading: (based on percentages)
92.51  100 = A 89.51  < 92.51 = A- 86.51  < 89 .51= B+ 82.51  < 86.51 = B
79.51  < 82.51 = B- 76.51  < 79.51 = C+ 72.51  < 76.51 = C 69.51  < 72.51 = C-
66.51  < 69.51 = D+ 62.51  < 66.51 = D 60  < 62.51 = D- <60 and below = F
PLEASE NOTE: Final course grade will be available the Wednesday after finals week ends. You may view final grades for all your classes via your SUU Portal.

Book Club
Students will choose from the following books to read and discuss with their Book Club group:
  • Sick Enough by Jennifer L. Gaudiani
  • The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Beyond a Shadow of a Diet by Judith Matz & Ellen Frankel
  • Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison
  • Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
  • Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield
  • More Than a Body by Lindsay & Lexie Kite
  • The Religion of Thinness by Michelle Lelwica
  • Fat Talk: parenting in the age of diet culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
  • Book club groups will meet and discuss their selected book on specified days throughout the semester.
  • Near the end of the semester, each group will create a 15-20 minute presentation about the book to share with the class.
Facilitated Discussion
All groups will lead the class discussion for 30-35 minutes once during the semester. Material for the discussions will be from the assigned reading and other resources.
Papers
Each student will be required to complete two papers during the semester to illustrate their ability to interpret and share the information gleaned from the class.
  • Body Image Interview & Research Paper: Student will be asked to interview another person that represents a different culture, gender, race, religious affiliation, age, or ability than their own on the topic of body image. Reflect on the interview in a 3-4 page paper. In the paper, compare the interviewee9s responses to research findings discussed in class, in the course readings, or in your own research.
  • Sharing Intuitive Eating Concepts: Student will be asked to write how they may respond to a friend or family member asking about intuitive eating concepts. Emphasis will be placed on sharing information in a compassionate manner as well as backing up points with peer-reviewed literature.

Course Outline

Course material will follow the Intuitive Eating book.

Instructor's policies on late assignments and/or makeup work

Tasks that are submitted late will be accepted for 7 days past the due date for a 20% penalty. After 7 days assignments will no longer be accepted. Computer problems are not an acceptable excuse for late submissions.

Attendance Policy

Attendance and participation are required for this course. If students are unable to attend class, they must let the instructor know before class to have an opportunity to make up points. If the instructor is not notified of the absence prior to the missed class, points cannot be made up.

Course Fees

Content for this section will be provided by the instructor.

Cheating

Cheating on assignments will not be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating will receive an automatic zero on that assignment. Second time offenders will fail the course.

Original work must be submitted for all assignments. For written assignments, students are expected to submit their own work, without using computer generated writing. Plagiarism is using the words or ideas of another as your own. Plagiarized work will be rewarded with a zero on that assignment.

Canvas evaluates each submitted assignment for similarity to other writing using a feature called Turn-It-In. Turn-It-In is used extensively to evaluate student work for plagiarism.

ADA Statement

Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Disability Resource Center, located in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or by phone at (435) 865-8042. The Disability Resource Center determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of services.

If your instructor requires attendance, you may need to seek an ADA accommodation to request an exception to this attendance policy. Please contact the Disability Resource Center to determine what, if any, ADA accommodations are reasonable and appropriate.

Academic Credit

According to the federal definition of a Carnegie credit hour: A credit hour of work is the equivalent of approximately 60 minutes of class time or independent study work. A minimum of 45 hours of work by each student is required for each unit of credit. Credit is earned only when course requirements are met. One (1) credit hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours of lecture, discussion, testing, evaluation, or seminar, as well as 30 hours of student homework. An equivalent amount of work is expected for laboratory work, internships, practica, studio, and other academic work leading to the awarding of credit hours. Credit granted for individual courses, labs, or studio classes ranges from 0.5 to 15 credit hours per semester.

Academic Freedom

SUU is operated for the common good of the greater community it serves. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic Freedom is the right of faculty to study, discuss, investigate, teach, and publish. Academic Freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research.

Academic Freedom in the realm of teaching is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the faculty member and of you, the student, with respect to the free pursuit of learning and discovery. Faculty members possess the right to full freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects. They may present any controversial material relevant to their courses and their intended learning outcomes, but they shall take care not to introduce into their teaching controversial materials which have no relation to the subject being taught or the intended learning outcomes for the course.

As such, students enrolled in any course at SUU may encounter topics, perspectives, and ideas that are unfamiliar or controversial, with the educational intent of providing a meaningful learning environment that fosters your growth and development. These parameters related to Academic Freedom are included in SUU Policy 6.6.

Academic Misconduct

Scholastic honesty is expected of all students. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent (see SUU Policy 6.33). You are expected to have read and understood the current SUU student conduct code (SUU Policy 11.2) regarding student responsibilities and rights, the intellectual property policy (SUU Policy 5.52), information about procedures, and what constitutes acceptable behavior.

Please Note: The use of websites or services that sell essays is a violation of these policies; likewise, the use of websites or services that provide answers to assignments, quizzes, or tests is also a violation of these policies. Regarding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), you should check with your individual course instructor.

Emergency Management Statement

In case of an emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using the link on the homepage of the mySUU portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at https://www.suu.edu/emergency.

HEOA Compliance Statement

For a full set of Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) compliance statements, please visit https://www.suu.edu/heoa. The sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law; additional information can be found at https://my.suu.edu/help/article/1096/heoa-compliance-plan.

You are also expected to comply with policies regarding intellectual property (SUU Policy 5.52) and copyright (SUU Policy 5.54).

Mandatory Reporting

University policy (SUU Policy 5.60) requires instructors to report disclosures received from students that indicate they have been subjected to sexual misconduct/harassment. The University defines sexual harassment consistent with Federal Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106, Subpart D) to include quid pro quo, hostile environment harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. When students communicate this information to an instructor in-person, by email, or within writing assignments, the instructor will report that to the Title IX Coordinator to ensure students receive support from the Title IX Office. A reporting form is available at https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?SouthernUtahUniv

Non-Discrimination Statement

SUU is committed to fostering an inclusive community of lifelong learners and believes our university's encompassing of different views, beliefs, and identities makes us stronger, more innovative, and better prepared for the global society.

SUU does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex (including sex discrimination and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, disability status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or other bases protected by applicable law in employment, treatment, admission, access to educational programs and activities, or other University benefits or services.

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For additional information on non-discrimination, please see SUU Policy 5.27 and/or visit https://www.suu.edu/nondiscrimination.

Pregnancy

Students who are or become pregnant during this course may receive reasonable modifications to facilitate continued access and participation in the course. Pregnancy and related conditions are broadly defined to include pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, related medical conditions, and recovery. To obtain reasonable modifications, please make a request to title9@suu.edu. To learn more visit: https://www.suu.edu/titleix/pregnancy.html.

Disclaimer Statement

Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading, late assignments, makeup work, and attendance policies, may be subject to change with advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.