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7378 (v.6) Nutrition and Health 288


Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1643 (v.6) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
AND
1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

The diet and disease relationship, nutrition misinformation, cost of diet related diseases, food and nutrition policy, dietary guidelines, food and nutrition systems, food production, trends in the available food supply, public perceptions and scientificreality of hazards in foods, food law, labeling and health claims, food additives, contaminants and microbiology, variables affecting food habits, methods for assessing food habits, methods of evaluation of food habits, food selection guides, nutrient composition, recommended dietary intakes, Australian food habits, nutritional status during the life cycle, the role of diet in diet-related disease, energy and obesity, heart disease, fat and sodium, cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, micronutrient diseases, nutrition and health inequalities, impact on nutrition education and promotion - issues for the future.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

69900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y Y  
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y   Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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