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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
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.
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 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:
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summarise the role of nutrition in genetic changes, single nucleotide polymorphisms and epigenetics
- GA1:
- GA4:
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synthesise factors engaged in the regulation of the gastrointestinal tract in health and changes due to common pathologies
- GA1:
- GA4:
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summarise the metabolic functions of the liver and evaluate effects of dietary and lifestyle choices
- GA1:
- GA4:
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evaluate the evidence on gastrointestinal microbiota in health and disease
- GA1:
- GA4:
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summarise the systems involved in electrolyte, acid-base and fluid balance and relate these to chronic renal disease
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA7:
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evaluate the evidence of altered nutrition physiology and appetite regulation in obesity
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA7:
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develop an evidence-based independent approach to learning using information technology in knowledge communication
- GA1:
Prescribed texts
- This is the latest edition of the text. It is also available as an ebook: Nelms, M & Sucher, KP, 2015, Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology, 3rd edn, Cengage, Belmont, CA. ISBN: 9781305111967.
- This is the old edition, but will still be OK this year. It is available in the Library: 615.854 NUTR: Nelms, M, Sucher, KP, Lacey, K & Roth, SL, 2011, Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology, 2nd edn, Wadsworth: Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA. ISBN: 9781439049624.