Overview
Academic contacts
Offerings
Requisites
Other learning activities
Learning activities
Learning outcomes
Provide examples of the main food sources of the essential nutrients
Apply knowledge of nutrition to explain the factors that makes up a healthy dietary pattern
Outline the details of the Australian and International food and nutrition priority areas
Explain the importance of nutrition across the lifespan taking into consideration the concepts of over and under-nutrition
Analyse dietary food intake by appropriately using dietary analysis software
Assessments
Additional information
Food composition, macro and micronutrients, function of nutrients in the body, nutrient absorption, energy balance and development of techniques for collection, analysis and evaluation of dietary food intake
Prior to the learning experience, students will be required to undertake pre-readings. Students will have to have also completed Introduction to the Human Body (BSM101) and Human Physiology (EXS102) or equivalent.