HL20538: Physiology of exercise, health and nutrition (HES)
[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]
Academic Year: | 2021/2 |
Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
Credits: | 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 150 |
Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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Assessment Summary: | EX75PR25 |
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Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take HL10521 AND take HL10524 |
Aims: | To introduce the health-related physiological adaptations that occur as a result of regular physical activity and how these adaptations interact with nutrition and energy balance. |
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Content: | Lectures will cover theory and evidence relating to the physiology of exercise and health. Topics will include: energy systems, energy balance, substrate use during exercise, nutrition, limits to exercise tolerance, resistance exercise, redox biology, inflammation and exercise immunology. Laboratory classes will apply some of the principles covered in lectures into practice and will promote communication skills and group working. Fundamental laboratory skills will include: assessment of body composition, sub-maximal and maximal exercise testing, and how various biomarkers associated with metabolic health, inflammation and immune function, change in response to acute bouts of exercise. |
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HL20538 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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