Area: |
School of Public Health |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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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 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
8338 (v.9) Nutrition 284 or any previous version
AND
306155 (v.1) Food Science 286 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
The theory and practice of measurement error and the assessment of nutritional status, with emphasis on dietary evaluation and anthropometry. Understanding development and influences on food habits. Australian food habits. Meal and menu planning and the use of computer analysis in planning menus with nutrient or budgetary considerations. Principles of food purchasing and food budgeting. Comparison of cost of food to comparable nutrient content. Preparation and evaluation of low cost meals. Study of ethnic food patterns. Study of the special nutrient nees during various stages of the life cycle including pregnancy, infancy, childhood, adolescence and old age. The rationale and use of Recommended Dietary Intakes. |
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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 |
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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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