Unit of Study NUTR2001 Nutritional Medicine (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

BIOL1004 - Biological Chemistry and Human Metabolism OR BIOL2007 - Biochemistry OR be admitted to course: 1209350 - Master of Naturopathic Medicine OR 1209310 - Master of Integrative Medicine

Enrolment information

On-campus students will be required to attend workshops online, and tutorials on-campus. Online students will be required to attend workshops and tutorials online.

Unit description

Explores the fundamentals of nutritional medicine, emphasising holistic and evidence-based approaches to supporting health and wellbeing. Food and nutrients are examined via a social, ecological, biological and therapeutic lens to establish foundation knowledge and skills relevant to contemporary nutritional medicine practice. Students learn about macro- and micro-nutrients, including optimal dietary sources, recommended intakes, biochemical functions, and physiological roles in health and disease. Students also apply knowledge and skills by undertaking a dietary analysis and developing an evidence-based healthy diet plan.

Unit content

Food and nutrition fundamentals
Energy balance and systems-based overview of nutrients part A
Systems-based overview of nutrients part B
Systems-based overview of nutrients part C
Foundations of dietary analysis and planning
Contemporary issues in nutrition

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Online	Term2,3	Term2,3

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:

illustrate relationships between food, nutrition and the socio-ecological environment

recognise dietary guidelines, nutritional classifications, dietary sources of nutrients/energy, nutritional biochemistry and their roles in health and disease

implement a dietary analysis and devise an evidence-based healthy diet plan

apply knowledge of contemporary issues in nutrition to healthy eating

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hr (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hrs (Weekly)

Assessment
Workbook	40%
Case study	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hr (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hrs (Weekly)

Assessment
Workbook	40%
Case study	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Foodzone. (2022). Nutrition Experts. https://foodzone.io/

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Foodzone. (2022). Nutrition Experts. https://foodzone.io/

Prescribed Texts

Prescribed text information is not currently available.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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