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Unit of Study NUTR2001 - Nutritional Medicine (2022)

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Unit description

Examines the fundamentals of nutrition, including nutritional biochemistry and pharmacology, and applies this knowledge to nutritional therapeutics and dietary planning in preparation for clinical application.

Unit content

  1. Food and nutrition fundamentals
  2. Nutritional biochemistry and therapeutics - carbohydrates
  3. Nutritional biochemistry and therapeutics - protein
  4. Nutritional biochemistry and therapeutics - lipids
  5. Diets and dietary planning
  6. Contemporary issues in nutrition

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Not currently available in 2022

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:

illustrate relationships between food, nutrients and the environment

correlate nutritional therapeutics with carbohydrate, protein and lipid biochemical pathways

recognise components of the diet and principles of dietary planning for healthy eating

apply knowledge of contemporary issues in nutrition to healthy eating