Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Energy expenditure, energy requirements, body composition analysis, protein quality, turnover and requirements, nutritional basis of chronic diseases like non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus, lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease, weight control and athletic performance, cellular and animal models in nutrition research. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Demonstrated an understanding of energy, protein and fat metabolism and their interaction. Demonstrated an understanding of the role of nutrition in special circumstances including undernutrition, obesity, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, type 2 diabetes and athletic performance. Executed nutrition experiments at the cellular, animal and human level. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Mann, J. and Truswell, S. (eds.) (1998), Essentials of human nutrition. Oxford, Oxford University Press. Zieglar, E.E. and Flier, L.J. (1996), Present knowledge in nutrition (7th ed.). Washington DC, International Life Sciences Institute Press. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Practical assignments and reports 50%, Final examination 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 69900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | 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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