| CODE | FEH3021 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Concepts of Health, Food, Procurement and Marketing | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Food Sciences and Nutrition | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit consolidates the various units taken in nutrition, dietetics, health promotion and food science and tackles evolving issues in Food Policy. The study-unit will include a review of previous units taken earlier in the course. This backdrop will the facilitate an in-depth discussion and appraisal of the local scenario and status of food policy, equity, lifestyle and the other lesser components of "local living ". The study-unit will provide an opportunity for the student to associate health status and potential future interventions (foresight exercise) with the goal of being able to influence individuals and groups to take stock and enhance their health status through sensible consumption of food. Study-unit Aims The study-unit aims to familiarize and consolidate students' knowledge with the concepts of Health, food safety and environmental issues, lifestyle and dietary choices. Food policy covers the entire food chain, from natural resources to production, processing, marketing and retailing, food hygiene, consumption and nutrition. Food policies are intertwined with population health in most settings. With increases in food production and in the consumption of energy-dense foods, together with reduced physical activity, there has been an increase in prevalence of obesity in developed countries and in middle income and developing countries. Such issues are receiving greater attention from nutritionists because of the life-time costs of treating associated conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. This study-unit will also seek to address these issues in their local context. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - review available health statistics including food safety issues and food control measures; - review available NSO data on purchasing trends (household census based data); - review principles of food policy which include: - production, distribution, and consumption of food; - processing, marketing, availability, access, utilization and consumption, and for the processes for achieving these goals; - food policy in schools and other public institutions; - health and safety and food labelling; - the qualification of a product to be considered organic. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate critical thinking skills needed to evaluate health scenarios that are affected by multi-sectorial parameters (including agriculture, environment). Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Reading List - Lang, T., Barling, D., Caraher, M. (2009) Food Policy: integrating health, environment and society. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Millstone, Erik and Tim Lang, eds. (2003 / 2nd edition 2008) The Atlas of Food. London: Earthscan (& New York: Penguin & Paris: Autrement). - Gabriel, Yiannis, Tim Lang (2006). The Unmanageable Consumer: Contemporary Consumption and its Fragmentation. London: Sage (2nd edition; 1st edition 1995). - Lang, Tim, Michael Heasman (2004). Food Wars: the battle for mouths, minds and markets. London: Earthscan. - Coff, C., Barling, D., Korthals, M. & Nielson, T. eds. (2008) Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food. Dordrecht: Springer. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE FSN2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Group Learning | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Margaret Camilleri Fenech Claire Copperstone (Co-ord.) |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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