Abstract
This subject examines nutrients and how the body uses nutrients including ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, metabolism, interaction, storage and excretion. This is then extended to consider the role of diet and nutrition in therapy and disease states.
Syllabus
This subject will cover the following topics:
an overview of nutrition, the nutrients, nutrient intakes, nutritional assessment;digestion and digestive processes including absorption and the circulatory systems;metabolism, energy balance and body composition;water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins; body fluids and minerals, trace minerals;nutrition in fitness, physical activity and body adaptations;nutritional requirements during different … For more content click the Read More button below.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
describe the range of nutrients and recommended nutrient intakes, where these are applicable;
2.
outline the digestion, absorption and transport of nutrients in the human body;
3.
calculate the energy values provided by the macro-nutrients and use these in quantifying the energy requirements for healthy nutrition;
4.
describe the nutritional importance of water, water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins, minerals and trace minerals;
5.
distinguish those special nutritional requirements during periods of physiological stress (eg during different stages of the life cycle including pregnancy and lactation, and during periods of physical activity);
6.
outline the principles involved in quantitative aspects of nutritional research (e.g. distinguish epidemiological studies from experimental studies);
7.
describe the role of nutrition in various disease states;
8.
discuss the links between diet and health;
9.
identify the role of pharmaceutical agents in nutritional therapy; and
10.
demonstrate the principles of dietary analysis, and recommend appropriate strategies, as required, to result in optimal nutrition.
Assumed knowledge
Students are assumed to have completed 1st level Human Physiology and 2nd level Biochemistry.