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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

    Nutrients and Metabolism

  • Unit Code

    NUT5112

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit examines the macro and micronutrients, their food sources and their effects in the human body throughout the lifecycle. The human body's major systems are examined in relation to optimal nutritional status, and current Australian dietary guidelines and food selection systems are evaluated in terms of food intake across a cultural spectum.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse existing Australian food selection guidance systems and dietary guidelines.
  2. Critically assess the value and roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in human metabolism.
  3. Critically review the nutrient requirements at specific stages of the lifecycle and for groups at risk of excess or deficiency.
  4. Demonstrate competence in the use of food composition databases and related dietary analysis software packages and nutrient ready-reckoner systems and justify their selection for specific analyses and evaluations.
  5. Evaluate modern diet in terms of the food sources and functions of vitamins, minerals, water and alcohol.
  6. Evaluate the functions of the body's major systems and their roles in optimal nutrition.

Unit Content

  1. Cells and their nourishment.
  2. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of electrolytes, minerals, water and alcohol.
  3. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of vitamins and vitamin-like substances.
  4. Chemical structure, food sources, digestion, absorption and physiological roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
  5. Integration and regulation of metabolism.
  6. Lifecycle nutrition and national nutrient reference values.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials are supported by audiovisual material, e-Learning platforms and computer software. During tutorial sessions students work individually or in small groups to analyse and critique journal and review articles relating to nutritional elements of diet.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseTutorial quizzes25%
TestMid-semester test25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Gropper, S., Smith, J., & Groff, J. (2013). Advanced nutrition and human metabolism (6th ed.). California, USA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
  • Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S. (2008). Understanding nutrition (11th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Learning.
  • Thompson, J., Manore, M., & Vaughan, L. (2008). The science of nutrition. San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education.
  • NHMRC (2006). Nutrient reference values for Australia and New Zealand. Executive summary. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Berdanier, C., & Zempleni, J. (2008). Advanced nutrition. Macronutrients, micronutrients and metabolism (2nd ed.). Florida, FL: CRC Press.
  • Gibney, M., MacDonald, I., & Roche, H. (Eds.). (2012). Nutrition and metabolism (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Wiley Blackwell Science.
  • Lanham-New, S., Macdonald, I., & Roche, H. (2010). Nutrition and metabolism (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Journal References

  • The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrition Reviews
  • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
  • The Journal of Nutrition
  • Annual Review of Nutrition
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • British Journal of Nutrition
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

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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

    Nutrients and Metabolism

  • Unit Code

    NUT5112

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit examines the macro and micronutrients, their food sources and their effects in the human body throughout the lifecycle. The human body's major systems are examined in relation to optimal nutritional status, and current Australian dietary guidelines and food selection systems are evaluated in terms of food intake across a cultural spectum.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NUT4441

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse existing Australian food selection guidance systems and dietary guidelines.
  2. Critically assess the value and roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in human metabolism.
  3. Critically review the nutrient requirements at specific stages of the lifecycle and for groups at risk of excess or deficiency.
  4. Demonstrate competence in the use of food composition databases and related dietary analysis software packages and nutrient ready-reckoner systems and justify their selection for specific analyses and evaluations.
  5. Evaluate modern diet in terms of the food sources and functions of vitamins, minerals, water and alcohol.
  6. Evaluate the functions of the body's major systems and their roles in optimal nutrition.

Unit Content

  1. Cells and their nourishment.
  2. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of electrolytes, minerals, water and alcohol.
  3. Chemical structure, food sources and functions of vitamins and vitamin-like substances.
  4. Chemical structure, food sources, digestion, absorption and physiological roles of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
  5. Integration and regulation of metabolism.
  6. Lifecycle nutrition and national nutrient reference values.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials are supported by audiovisual material, e-Learning platforms and computer software. During tutorial sessions students work individually or in small groups to analyse and critique journal and review articles relating to nutritional elements of diet.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseTutorial quizzes25%
TestMid-semester test25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Gropper, S., Smith, J., & Groff, J. (2013). Advanced nutrition and human metabolism (6th ed.). California, USA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
  • Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S. (2008). Understanding nutrition (11th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Learning.
  • Thompson, J., Manore, M., & Vaughan, L. (2008). The science of nutrition. San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education.
  • NHMRC (2006). Nutrient reference values for Australia and New Zealand. Executive summary. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Berdanier, C., & Zempleni, J. (2008). Advanced nutrition. Macronutrients, micronutrients and metabolism (2nd ed.). Florida, FL: CRC Press.
  • Gibney, M., MacDonald, I., & Roche, H. (Eds.). (2012). Nutrition and metabolism (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Wiley Blackwell Science.
  • Lanham-New, S., Macdonald, I., & Roche, H. (2010). Nutrition and metabolism (2nd ed.). Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

Journal References

  • The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrition Reviews
  • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
  • The Journal of Nutrition
  • Annual Review of Nutrition
  • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • British Journal of Nutrition
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

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