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Unit of Study FOOD5004 - Food as Medicine (2021)

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Unit description

Explores the links between food and health, and how food can play an important role in contemporary medicine. Students will understand the nutritional composition of food. They learn about diet composition, that is, the quantities of different types of food that are consumed, and its impact on nutrition and health – both physical and mental. This unit highlights the interaction of both food composition and diet composition in the broad context of lifestyle choices for nutrition and health.

Unit content

Module 1: Introducing different types of diets

Module 2: Role of food in complementary and integrative medicine

Module 3: Contaminants in food

Module 4: Role of diet and food composition in health

Module 5: Organic food consumption and health: dietary intervention studies

Module 6: Whole-body health: Gut microbiome and nutrition

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Location Domestic International
Online
Study Period2,4,6
Study Period2,4,6

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

Compare the composition of a range of diets for their nutritional value and contribution to health

Critically appraise the influence of primary production, storage and processing methods on the nutritional composition of food.

Critically appraise the impacts of diet composition and food composition in the context of lifestyle choices on nutrition and health

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