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This course will provide a detailed knowledge of the relationships between diet, human development, health, and disease. Topics covered include diet and nutrition across the life course, integration and adaptability of different metabolic pathways to e.g. starvation, exercise, and the role of diet in the development of diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. In addition, it will also provide insight into the effects of malnutrition and food processing on health. A combination of lectures, and a laboratory class will help consolidate your understanding of the impact food and nutrients on health.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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By the end of the course you should have an understanding of the following:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 34 | Feedback Weeks | 35 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Appraise the influence of different dietary factors on human development and the effect of an unbalanced diet including malnutrition. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Summarise how different metabolic pathways within the body integrate and adapt to starvation and to exercise. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the evidence for the role of diet in the development and prevention of disease, especially noncommunicable diseases and determine the effects played by factors such as food processing. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Feedback | Word Count | 1000 | ||
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Summarise how different metabolic pathways within the body integrate and adapt to starvation and to exercise. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the evidence for the role of diet in the development and prevention of disease, especially noncommunicable diseases and determine the effects played by factors such as food processing. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Appraise the influence of different dietary factors on human development and the effect of an unbalanced diet including malnutrition. |
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