| CODE | FSN1018 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Fundamentals of Human Nutrition | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Food Sciences and Nutrition | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce the student to fundamental aspects of nutrition, such as essentials of a diet including energy, the macronutrients - carbohydrates, fats and proteins, the micronutrients - selected vitamins and minerals, water, alcohol and phytochemicals. Students will explore the association between dietary components and health outcomes. Aspects of food intake and portion control, nutritional assessment systems, dietary assessment and anthropometry will also be covered. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit will give the students an overview of the basic concepts in the field of human nutrition while fostering an integrated knowledge of the discipline, encouraging students to critically consider the various influences on nutrition and health outcomes. This study-unit aims to enable students to understand the role of good nutrition in the maintenance of health and to identify the key nutritional concerns at the different stages of the lifecycle. An introduction to research literature in nutritional science will also be given. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the role of each of the macronutrients and selected micronutrients; - Demonstrate the association between nutrients, health and disease; - Compare the role of nutrients with beneficial non-nutrients; - Explain the importance of assessing food and nutrient intake; - Describe the different forms of nutritional assessment; and - Explain the different basic anthropometric techniques for assessing body composition. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use basic techniques to assess an individual's body composition; and - Present and effectively report on technical and evidence based information relating to macronutrients and micronutrients. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Human Nutrition. C. Geissler, H. Powers (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. 769 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-876802-9 - Introduction to Human Nutrition, 3rd Edition. Dr. Susan A. Lanham-New (Editor), Thomas R. Hill (Editor), Alison M. Gallagher (Editor), Hester H. Vorster (Editor). October 2019 Wiley-Blackwell. 488 pp. ISBN: 978-1-119-47702-0 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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