HL30560: Nutrition and health
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 150 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 40%, EXCB 60% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Report (individual) (CWRI 40%)
- Examination closed book 2h (EXCB 60%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take HL10521
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Identify and discuss current population level dietary recommendations, recognising the nutrition needs of different population groups
- Compare different methods of dietary assessment, identifying and using the most appropriate to calculate individual energy needs
- Critically evaluate and synthesise evidence to support or challenge popular nutrition beliefs
- Discuss key population and individual level challenges related to nutrition
- Recognise how policy is used to influence population level dietary intakes and appraise public health campaigns focused on nutrition
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| Aims: | To understand the impact of nutrition on health and disease, identify healthy nutrition behaviours and key public health challenges in relation to diet.
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| Content: | Basic introduction to nutrition, UK dietary reference values, dietary analysis, over and under nutrition (including obesity and eating disorders), public health challenges in relation to nutrition, changes in nutritional requirements across the lifespan (babies through to older adults) and special population groups (pregnant, athletes, allergies), nutrition policy, public health campaigns to improve diet.
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| Course availability: |
HL30560 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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