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Unit of Study BIO10701 - Nutrition Physiology (2018)

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Unit description

Focuses on the dynamic interplay between nutrient availability and requirement in health, at different life-stages and when health is compromised, particularly when this affects the multiple systems that control appetite, nutrient absorption, assimilation and excretion. 

Unit content

Topic 1: Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics and single nucleotide polymorphisms

Topic 2: The effects of diet on the physiology of the upper GIT and nutritional consequences of common pathology. Related drug-nutrient interactions.

Topic 3: Gall bladder and exocrine pancreas: control, effect and compromise.

Topic 4: Impact of dietary and lifestyle choices on liver function. Related drug-nutrient interactions.

Topic 5: The nutrition physiology of the lower GIT (ilium and colon), including the microbiota.

Topic 6: Changes in nutritional physiology and appetite control in obesity.

Topic 7: Fluid balance, acid-base and electrolyte balance. Chronic kidney disease and the effect of diet and lifestyle on morbidity and mortality. 

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Not currently available in 2018

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 summarise the role of nutrition in genetic changes, single nucleotide polymorphisms and epigenetics
2 synthesise factors engaged in the regulation of the gastrointestinal tract in health and changes due to common pathologies
3 summarise the metabolic functions of the liver and evaluate effects of dietary and lifestyle choices
4 evaluate the evidence on gastrointestinal microbiota in health and disease
5 summarise the systems involved in electrolyte, acid-base and fluid balance and relate these to chronic renal disease
6 evaluate the evidence of altered nutrition physiology and appetite regulation in obesity
7 develop an evidence-based independent approach to learning using information technology in knowledge communication

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. summarise the role of nutrition in genetic changes, single nucleotide polymorphisms and epigenetics
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. synthesise factors engaged in the regulation of the gastrointestinal tract in health and changes due to common pathologies
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. summarise the metabolic functions of the liver and evaluate effects of dietary and lifestyle choices
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. evaluate the evidence on gastrointestinal microbiota in health and disease
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. summarise the systems involved in electrolyte, acid-base and fluid balance and relate these to chronic renal disease
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  6. evaluate the evidence of altered nutrition physiology and appetite regulation in obesity
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  7. develop an evidence-based independent approach to learning using information technology in knowledge communication
    • GA1: