1. Home
  2. Nutritional Assessment [NUT2220]

School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutritional Assessment

  • Unit Code

    NUT2220

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    5

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kanita KUNARATNAM

Description

In this unit students have the opportunity to examine a variety of approaches to the measurement of nutritional status in individuals and populations. Practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods are developed. Students further develop their skills in using diet histories, food records and recalls and qualitative methodologies to improve their ability to investigate eating patterns in individuals and populations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed NUT1121

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate dietary adequacy and anthropometric measurements against national and international reference standards.
  2. Apply anthropometric procedures to measure the nutritional status of an individual.
  3. Select and apply appropriate methods to assess food consumption and nutrient intake of individuals, families and populations from culturally diverse settings.
  4. Apply report writing and data analysis skills to produce a nutrition assessment report.

Unit Content

  1. Methods of anthropometric assessment.
  2. Quality of dietary assessment methods.
  3. Qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring the food consumption of individuals, families and populations.
  4. The determination of nutrient intakes from food consumption databases.
  5. Methods of data management, data analysis and report writing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students apply practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods and learn how to analyse data and apply anthropometric and nutrition benchmarks to assess the nutritional status of individuals and populations. Learning activities, small group discussions, practical nutritional assessment techniques, and e-Learning opportunities. Students will work with MS Excel to undertake data analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNutritional assessment report40%
TestMid-semester test20%
TestEnd of semester test40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

NUT2220|5|1

School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutritional Assessment

  • Unit Code

    NUT2220

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    5

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kanita KUNARATNAM

Description

In this unit students have the opportunity to examine a variety of approaches to the measurement of nutritional status in individuals and populations. Practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods are developed. Students further develop their skills in using diet histories, food records and recalls and qualitative methodologies to improve their ability to investigate eating patterns in individuals and populations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed NUT1121

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate dietary adequacy and anthropometric measurements against national and international reference standards.
  2. Apply anthropometric procedures to measure the nutritional status of an individual.
  3. Select and apply appropriate methods to assess food consumption and nutrient intake of individuals, families and populations from culturally diverse settings.
  4. Apply report writing and data analysis skills to produce a nutrition assessment report.

Unit Content

  1. Methods of anthropometric assessment.
  2. Quality of dietary assessment methods.
  3. Qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring the food consumption of individuals, families and populations.
  4. The determination of nutrient intakes from food consumption databases.
  5. Methods of data management, data analysis and report writing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students apply practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods and learn how to analyse data and apply anthropometric and nutrition benchmarks to assess the nutritional status of individuals and populations. Learning activities, small group discussions, practical nutritional assessment techniques, and e-Learning opportunities. Students will work with MS Excel to undertake data analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNutritional assessment report40%
TestMid-semester test20%
TestEnd of semester test40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Nieman, D. (2019). Nutritional Assessment (7th ed., pp. xii, 480). New York: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/994287504
  • Lee, R. D., & Nieman, D. C. (2013). Nutritional assessment (6th ed.). New York: WSB/McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/808107423?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

NUT2220|5|2