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Unit of Study NUT73001 - Sport and Exercise Nutrition (2018)

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Unit description

Provides a comprehensive overview of nutritional science and its relationship to physical performance. The unit enables students to gain basic skills in nutrition education when related to exercise.

Unit content

  • General nutritional requirements for sport and exercise related to gender, age and physiological state
  • Body composition, weight loss, making weight
  • Eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes
  • Changing nutritional requirements across athletic disciplines
  • Competition nutrition (preparation, during the event, recovery)
  • Nutrition related conditions at risk in the athlete and the exercising individual
  • Exercise nutrition in people with special needs
  • An introduction to nutrition education of athletes and exercising persons
  • Case Studies

Availabilities

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 critically discuss nutritional requirements for exercise and for recreational and elite athletes
2 critically apply nutrition concepts to enhance physical performance, recovery, health maintenance and rehabilitation
3 develop a nutrition education resource for athletes or exercising persons
4 demonstrate proficient skills in oral/visual presentation and skills in professional writing

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

  1. critically discuss nutritional requirements for exercise and for recreational and elite athletes
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. critically apply nutrition concepts to enhance physical performance, recovery, health maintenance and rehabilitation
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. develop a nutrition education resource for athletes or exercising persons
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate proficient skills in oral/visual presentation and skills in professional writing
    • GA4:
    • GA6: