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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
NUT00214 - Food and Nutrition in Health ANDBIO00203 - Exercise Physiology
Unit aim
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 sport and exercise.
Unit content
- Introduction to sports nutrition
- Introduction to nutrition education of athletes and exercising persons
- Defining and measuring energy
- Energy systems and exercise
- Carbohydrates for sport and exercise
- Proteins and amino acids for sport and exercise
- Fats for sport and exercise
- Weight and body composition
- Water and electrolytes for sport and exercise
- Micronutrients for sport and exercise
- Disordered eating and exercise patterns in athletes
- Special populations
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 | 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 visual presentation and skills in professional writing | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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critically discuss nutritional requirements for exercise and for recreational and elite athletes
- GA1:
- GA4:
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critically apply nutrition concepts to enhance physical performance, recovery, health maintenance and rehabilitation
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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develop a nutrition education resource for athletes or exercising persons
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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demonstrate proficient skills in visual presentation and skills in professional writing
- GA4:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- You can purchase this textbook as an eBook or source a copy from the library. See other optional texts available in the library or online.: Dunford, M & Doyle, JA, 2019, Nutrition for sport and exercise, 4th edn, Cengage, Boston, MA. ISBN: 9781337556767.