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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.