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7378 (v.6) Nutrition and Health 288
Area: |
School of Public Health |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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
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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. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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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 |
Y |
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| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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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