9891 (v.5) Nutrition 381

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):

2830 (v.4) Nutritional Biochemistry 282 or any previous version
AND
8338 (v.9) Nutrition 284 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Bioavailability of selected vitamins and minerals. Function, absorption, transport, retention and excretion of trace and ultratrace elements. Nutrient - nutrient interactions. Role of trace and ultratrace elements in antioxidant protection. Vitamin and mineral supplementation - hazards and appropriate uses. Investigation into foods for which sensational claims are made.

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Field of Education:

10599 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

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
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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