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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1.Appraise the key policy documents used by HCPs to provide an evidence base for nutrition guidelines and chronic disease prevention and management across the life cycle.
2.Understand and analyse nutritional and dietary requirements and adequacy at each stage of the life cycle.
3.Demonstrate knowledge of the common chronic conditions that require nutritional intervention
4.Translate and apply current nutrition guidelines into practical nutrition strategies to promote health.
5.Appraise evidence for sustainable and healthy dietary patterns for individuals and groups.
6.Identify and apply key behaviour change techniques to dietary behaviour change in healthcare settings.
1.Fundamental principles of nutrition guidelines for healthy growth and development.
2.Optimising nutrition intervention(s) in chronic disease prevention and management in early adulthood.
3.Optimising nutrition intervention(s) in chronic disease prevention and management in mid-late adulthood.
4.Optimising nutrition intervention(s) in chronic disease prevention and management in older adulthood.
5.Translating nutrition recommendations into practice.
6.Understanding drivers of food choice and supporting dietary behaviour change.
7.Sustainable and healthy dietary patterns.
8.Case studies across the life span.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 60 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Not yet recorded. |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Professor Catherine Blake | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Sarah Browne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Clare Corish | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor James Matthews | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Pratiksha Nagar | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Miss Annelie Shaw | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Afroja Ahmed | Tutor |
Mr Abdel Babiker | Tutor |
Dr Ra'Ed Malallah | Tutor |
Ms Deirdre O'Connor | Tutor |
Professor Akke Vellinga | Tutor |