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This course will give you a detailed theoretical and practical understanding of the methods used to assess nutritional status, including body composition, dietary intake, and energy expenditure assessment. It includes a 'hands-on' experience of using a dietary assessment technique used routinely by nutritionists. The assignments for this course are designed to help you develop the skills you will employ in daily life as a nutritionist. These include presenting and conducting a nutritional assessment of a client and determining the best methods for nutritional assessment.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will give you a detailed theoretical and practical understanding of the methods used to assess nutritional status, dietary intake and the nutritional composition of food. The theory will be implemented through a practical workshop to give you 'hands-on' experience using assessment techniques and equipment routinely employed by nutritionists. The assignments for this course are designed to help you develop the skills you will employ in daily life as a nutritionist. These include presenting and conducting a nutritional assessment of a client. Through the discussions and assignments, you will also develop your skills in critically appraising dietary, nutrition and health research methods in order to understand the limitations of the scientific basis of nutritional knowledge. By completing the course, you will be able to intergrate knowledge and understanding from various sources to identify or propose solutions resulting in improved human health through dietary or physical activity changes.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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Word Count: 500 This assessment will allow you to practice dietary assessment using Nutritics (a dietary assessment software tool). You will be presented with a practical case that includes some client data to enable you to use your knowledge of the software and interpret results. The assessment requires you to recommend your client's diet and use the Dietary Reference Values to decide whether the diet is optimal or lacking in required micro/macronutrients. Based on this analysis, you will be required to analyse your client's data and make recommendations and comments on body composition measures, physical activity, and dietary assessment. This assessment will require you to upload the Nutritics output, a document with the overall analysis of your client's data and a video of you talking to the camera (as if you were speaking to your client). |
Word Count | 500 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Word Count: 1000 You are presented with some studies and scenarios, and you will be required to determine which type of energy expenditure assessment or dietary assessment methods is most suitable, giving reasons for and against. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Procedural | Analyse | Clarify the principles of how body mass and energy balance are controlled in the scientific basis for the measurement and estimation of nutritional requirements and dietary reference values |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Demonstrate ability to carry out sample selection and ensure validity, accuracy, calibration, precision, replicability and highlight uncertainty during collection of nutritional status data. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Determine the nutritional needs of an individual or group of individuals, taking into consideration factors such as age, gender, physical activity, and lifestyle. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Identify and illustrate the theory and methods of investigation the dietary, nutrient and activity patterns of the general population, sub groups and the individual. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Recall the principles underpinning, and strengths and limitations of, common methods of assessment of nutritional health including anthropometry, body composition assessment, and dietary assessment |
| Reflection | Create | Demonstrate professional competency in communication of nutritional information with a range of audiences. |
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