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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

5596 (v.7) Nutrition for Developing Countries 591

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Tuition Patterns

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Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The diagnosis, epidemiology and ecology of nutrition problems, including protein-energy malnutrition and nutritional anaemia. The epidemiology of iron, folic acid, vitamin A and iodine deficiency. The planning and management of nutrition surveys. The development of nutrition policy, including nutrition plans, dietary guidelines and recommended nutrient intakes. Newly emerging chronic diseases. Child growth and development, and anthropometry. The nutrition system and nutrition interventions. Aid and development policies. Global climate change and nutrition.
Field of Education: 069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

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