Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:59
This is an introduction to the current and future methods of dietary assessment. You will gain an understanding of these methods of assessing dietary data, dietary intakes and nutritional composition of food and understand how to apply them in practice. You will also examine current nutritional, health and physical activity guidelines and reflect on how these can impact dietary change.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 5 credits (2.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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There are four short sections to work through and each section takes around 10-15 hours of study each week.
In Week 1, you will be introduced to current methods of dietary assessment and how data is derived.
In Week 2, you will gain an understanding of how to evaluate the current methods of dietary assessment and be able to apply your knowledge when using these methods in practice.
In week 3, you are introduced to the electronic databases of food composition that can be used to analyse dietary data, their strengths and limitations. You will also learn about current nutritional and physical activity guidelines and apply your knowledge to effect dietary change in the individual.
In week 4, you are introduced to the exciting future of dietary assessment, and you will be able to reflect on the impact in practice. You will also reflect on inherent errors in dietary assessment and be able to apply your knowledge when using these methods in practice.
There are 4 marked assessments, one at the end of each week, these are automarked in Myaberdeen. You will be also be able to contribute to discussion boards and get feedback from your tutor.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Assessment - End of week 2 of course Automated online feedback. Instant feedback in Ultra |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Apply | Describe the strengths and limitations of current dietary assessment methods and evaluate these when selecting the appropriate methods in practice. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Assessment - End of week 4 of course Automated online feedback. Instant feedback in Ultra |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Understand challenges in dietary assessment, such as validation and measurement error and take them into account when practicing dietary assessment. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Reflect on and describe the strengths and limitations of future dietary assessment methods and evaluate these when selecting the appropriate methods in practice. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Assessment - End of week 3 of course Automated online feedback. Instant feedback in Ultra |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Understand challenges in dietary assessment, such as validation and measurement error and take them into account when practicing dietary assessment. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand how food based dietary guidelines and physical activity guidelines evolved, and how these can be used to impact change in the individual and able to communicate nutritional information. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Assessment - End of week 1 of course Automated online feedback Instant feedback in Ultra |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | Understand current methods of dietary assessment, how to how the different methods are transcribed into dietary data. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Online 0.5 hour oral exam Feedback will be provided by email after resit has taken place. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | Understand current methods of dietary assessment, how to how the different methods are transcribed into dietary data. |
| Factual | Apply | Describe the strengths and limitations of current dietary assessment methods and evaluate these when selecting the appropriate methods in practice. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand how food based dietary guidelines and physical activity guidelines evolved, and how these can be used to impact change in the individual and able to communicate nutritional information. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand challenges in dietary assessment, such as validation and measurement error and take them into account when practicing dietary assessment. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Reflect on and describe the strengths and limitations of future dietary assessment methods and evaluate these when selecting the appropriate methods in practice. |
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