Subject Database

Subject Code:	PHE1BHN
Subject Short Title:	PUBLIC HEALTH FOR NUTRITION STUDIES
Credit Points:	15.0
Subject Description:	In this subject, topics are organised into three groupings. In Population Health, content includes basic epidemiological concepts, Australian health patterns and trends, and diet and nutrition as risk factors for disease. In Health, Nutrition and Society, content includes sociological analyses of changing definitions of health and illness, nutrition-related inequalities in health, political and ethical issues in public health nutrition, socio-cultural understandings of food and eating, and environmental influences on nutrition. In Behaviour and Nutrition, content includes biological regulation of dietary intake, psycho-social factors that influence eating behaviours, physical activity, biopsychosocial aspects of obesity and eating disorders, and nutrition-related public health promotion.
Class Requirements:	three 1-hour lectures (all students) and one 3-hour practicum per week (BScNutrition students only).
Work Experience Indicator:	Student is not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2-hour examination	50
one 2,000-word assignment.	50

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Subject Coordinator: Dr Jane Pierson

Subject Availability
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	Semester 2, Day. Dr Jane Pierson (j.pierson@latrobe.edu.au)