Nutrition Sciences
Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism. It includes food intake, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism, and excretion.
The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely determined by the availability and palatability of foods. For humans, a healthy diet includes preparation of food and storage methods that preserve nutrients from oxidation, heat or leaching, and that reduce risk of foodborne illnesses.
In humans, an unhealthy diet can cause deficiency-related diseases such as blindness, anemia, scurvy, preterm birth, stillbirth and cretinism, or nutrient excess health-threatening conditions such as obesity and metabolic syndrome; and such common chronic systemic diseases as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Undernutrition can lead to wasting in acute cases, and the stunting of marasmus in chronic cases of malnutrition.
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Scholarships for Nutrition Sciences Majors
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM ScholarshipU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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award Up to $30,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Lumpkins Family Merit Scholarship in the College of ScienceUniversity of Notre Dame |
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award $25,000 |
deadline January 01, 2025 |
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Big Bang Theory Graduate Fellowship-PAIDUniversity of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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award $20,000 |
deadline May 01, 2024 |
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Bess Heflin FellowshipUniversity of Texas at Austin, Office of Graduate Studies |
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award $19,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Food and Nutritional Sciences Advisory Board ScholarshipTuskegee University - College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences |
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award $10,000 |
deadline Varies |
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EAGLES Scholarship - PSUPortland State University |
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award $10,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Richard and Muriel Saunders Family ScholarshipColorado Mesa University |
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award $10,000 |
deadline August 01, 2024 |
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Dupont Pioneer ScholarshipTuskegee University - College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences |
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award $5,867 |
deadline Varies |
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Excelerate in STEM Scholarship - MGCCCMississippi Gulf Coast Community College |
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award Up to $4,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Science/STEM Scholarship - Hamline UniversityHamline University |
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award Up to $3,000 |
deadline August 01, 2024 |
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