Unit of Study NUTR1001 Nutrition for Health and Physical Activity (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides an introduction to the role of nutrition for health and physical activity. The unit considers common dietary assessment and analysis methods. It also explores healthy eating guidelines and their application to support general health, well-being, and physical activity.

Unit content

Nutrition planning and assessment foundations
Food and nutrients: carbohydrate and protein
Food and nutrients: lipids, micronutrients and alcohol
Energy balance, body composition and health
Nutrition advice in action
Nutrition to support exercise and sport performance and recovery

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term3	Term3
Gold Coast	Term3	Term3
Lismore	Term3	Term3
Online	Term2,3	Term2

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate a basic nutrition assessment using common methods

explain the roles of food/nutrients, energy balance and body composition in health and physical activity

apply the Australian healthy eating guidelines to provide general advice on nutrition, including strategies to support health and physical activity

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Presentation	50%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Presentation	50%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Presentation	50%

Teaching method

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Presentation	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

National Health and Medical Research Council. (2013). Educator guide. Canberra: NHMRC. http://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines
Students require access to:
- internet
- metric household measuring cups, spoons, jugs
- calculator

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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