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Lifestage Nutrition (NUTR30003)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
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The subject will cover the nutritional issues relevant to life stages, including: pregnancy, foetal development, breast feeding, infancy, childhood, adolescence and the elderly. Students will gain an understanding of the differing nutrient recommendations for the various life stages and the scientific rationale behind these recommendations and subsequent dangers involved in failing to meet these recommendations and dangers involved in excessive intake of supplemental nutrients.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Associate changes in nutritional requirements during pregnancy to the physiological changes of the mother and foetus
- Discuss how a woman's health and nutritional status can influence pregnancy outcomes
- Demonstrate the principles of growth measurement in children and identify characteristics that constitute poor or excessive growth
- Explain the role of macro and micronutrients in the growth, health and development of children
- Describe the consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity and formulate strategies for its management
- Apply nutrient reference values in dietary assessment at an individual and population-level
- Recognise the dietary problems of free living and institutionalised elderly, and be able to evaluate their nutritional biometric data
Generic skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Capacity to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Ability to think systemically and integrate knowledge from different disciplines
- Communication skills, through written and tutorial engagement
- Quantitative analysis skills
- Sense of intellectual curiosity
Last updated: 20 November 2024