PUBLIC HEALTH FOR NUTRITION STUDIES
PHE1BHN
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
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.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Fernanda Nava Buenfil
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of nutrition-related aspects of population health.
- Activities:
- Lectures; on-line test; individual assignment
02. Identify, describe, and analyse environmental and sociocultural influences on nutrition and nutrition-related health
- Activities:
- Lectures; on-line test; individual assignment
03. Explicate the influences of biological and psychosocial factors that are relevant to: dietary habits and eating behaviours; overweight and obesity; eating disorders; and the fundamentals of nutrition-related health promotion
- Activities:
- Lectures; on-line test; individual assignment
Melbourne, 2019, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: 250
Enrolment information: Quota due to limited resources. Enrolments accepted until quota is reached.
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Fernanda Nava Buenfil
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
Three 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,000-word assignment | 30 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one 2-hour examination | 50 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| one (2-part) online test | 20 | 01, 02, 03 |