Unit aim
Examines the nutritional requirements and the key nutritional issues across the lifespan from pre-conception to old age. Further, the role of food and nutrition in the aetiology of chronic diseases common in advancing age is explored, along with evidence-based interventions for these conditions. Students integrate and extend their knowledge by applying and reflecting on aspects of the nutrition care process through problem-based scenarios.
Unit content
Topic 1: Foundations of evidence-based nutrition
Topic 2: Introduction to the nutrition care process
- Overview of the steps
- Nutrition assessment: Types of data; Diet history methods; Dietary analysis; Data integration and interpretation aligned with evidence/standards; Documentation
- Nutrition intervention: Communicating written nutrition education information
Topic 3: Nutritional requirements and key nutritional issues during the stages of the lifespan
- Pre-conception/fertility; Pregnancy; Lactation;
- Infancy; Childhood; Adolescence;
- Adults; Older adults
- Disordered eating and eating disorders
- Critical review of vegetarian diets in pregnancy, lactation, adolescence, childhood and infancy
Topic 4: Role of food and nutrition in the aetiology of chronic disease in adulthood, including evidence-based intervention in obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and cancer prevention
Topic 5: Introduction to reflective practice
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differentiate between the nutritional requirements at each stage of the lifecycle, as well as discuss and identify key nutritional issues | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | apply dietary nutritional recommendations to different population groups across the lifecycle | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | evaluate the strength of the evidence for the relationship between diet, nutrition and disease | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | explain the relationship between food and nutrition in the aetiology of specific chronic non-communicable diseases common in advancing age | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 5 | translate knowledge about the relationship between food and its components and disease into evidence-based intervention strategies for specific chronic non-communicable diseases common in advancing age | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 6 | explain the principles of and demonstrate an understanding of the application of elements of the nutrition care process | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 7 | critically self-reflect on their learning experience using a structured framework. | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | ||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Mahan, LK, Escott-Stump, S & Raymond, JL, 2012, Krause's food and the nutrition care process, 13th edn, Elsevier, Australia. ISBN: 978-1-4377-2233-8.
Teaching and assessment
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| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (11 weeks) |
| Laboratory session 2 hours (1 week) |
| Assessment | |
| (A) Case Study and (B) Reflective Practice | 50% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
Fee information
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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