11551 (v.3) Public Health Nutrition 782

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
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 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	An introduction to modern nutrition science. Accessing nutrition literature. The biochemistry and physiology of nutrients: energy, protein, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Recommended dietary intakes. Nutritional epidemiology. Foods. The supply, processing and safety of foods. Food standards. Food composition. Nutrient data bases. Analysis of nutrient content. Social science and nutrition. Food choice. At risk sub-populations. Nutritional status assessment: biochemical, anthropometric, dietary intake methods. Nutritional policy. National nutrition policies, dietary guidelines and goals. Agriculture and economic aspects. Nutrient labeling. Food fortification. Nutrition in developing countries. World food supply. Nutrition education. Foodfads and misinformation. Diet and disease. Primary nutritional diseases. Diet and chronic disease.
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:	069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External