Human Nutrition
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
HLTH 2001
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
011595
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Course owner
School of Health Sciences
The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of the relationship between diet, nutrition, exercise and health and on completion be able to provide general advice to apparently healthy clients.
Nutrient sufficiency and human needs (planning a healthy diet; nutritional status; macronutrients – their food sources, fate and use in the body; dietary fibre and health; micronutrients – human needs and dietary sources). Energy concepts (energy balance; weight control; obesity and methods of weight loss diets). Nutrition and lifestyle (nutritional issues in lifestyle diseases; diabetes, heart disease and cancer; designer foods – functional foods, healthy fats, genetically engineered foods; food safety).
Whitney, E N, Rolfes, S R, Crowe, T, Cameron-Smith, D & Walsh, A 2014, Understanding Nutrition - Australian and New Zealand Edition, 2nd edn, Thomson-Wadsworth, Melbourne, Australia
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
BIOL 1012 | Molecules to Tissues B |
BIOL 1051 | Physiology Essentials 100 |
BIOL 1049 | Human Physiology 100 |
Students are only required to have one of the above courses for their prerequisite.
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY EAST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Workshop | 2 hours x 11 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Examination, Quizzes, Research assignment
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.