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PU5020: NUTRITION AND HEALTH (2017-2018)

Last modified: 27 Feb 2018 13:26


Course Overview

This course will provide a detailed knowledge of the relationships between diet, human development, health, and disease. Topics covered include diet and nutrition across the life course, integration and adaptability of different metabolic pathways to e.g. starvation, exercise, and the role of diet in the development of diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. In addition, it will also provide insight into the effects of malnutrition and food processing on health. A combination of lectures, laboratory classes and group presentations will help consolidate your understanding of the impact food and nutrients on health.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Alan Sneddon

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either MSc Human Nutrition (Studied) or Master Of Science In Genetics And Human Nutrition (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • MT5301 Nutrition and Health (Studied)
  • MT5302 Nutrition and Health (Studied)
  • PU5301 Nutrition and Health (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

By the end of the course you should have an understanding of the following:

 

  1. The relationship between diet, human development and health
  2. The integration and adaptability of different metabolic pathways in response to starvation and exercise
  3. The relationship between diet and disease (particularly cancer, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes) and the effects of food processing and malnutrition

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1 two-hour written examination (60%); 2 continous assessment assignment, one 2500 word essay (20%), one practical report (20%) and one formative oral presentation assignment.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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