School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutritional Assessment
  • Unit Code

    NUT2220
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Amanda DEVINE

Description

In this unit students have the opportunity to examine a variety of approaches to the measurement of nutritional status in individuals and populations. Practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods are developed. The design and use of diet histories, records, checklists and frequencies are evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from NUT1121

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate competence in the appropriate application of methods of nutritional assessment.
  2. Describe anthropometric laboratory procedures for the measurement of nutritional status.
  3. Discuss the characteristic features of methods for assessing the food consumption and nutrient intake of individuals, families and populations from culturally diverse settings.
  4. Discuss the limitations of different approaches to the measurement of nutritional status.
  5. Evaluate dietary adequacy and anthropometric measurements against national and international reference standards.

Unit Content

  1. Methods of anthropometric assessment: growth, body composition; use of a range of assessment tools and new technologies; use of reference data and indices.
  2. The quality of dietary assessment methods: sources of error, precision and validity.
  3. Qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring the food consumption of individuals, families and populations including recalls, records, frequencies, lists, balance sheets, telephone surveys and new technologies.
  4. The determination of nutrient intakes from food consumption data using dietary software and nutrient data banks; the role of chemical analyses; evaluation of nutrient intake data for individuals, families and populations.
  5. Methods of data management, data analysis and report writing.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, workshops, small group discussions, eLearning activities, audio-visual and multimedia activities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNutritional assessment report25%
TestMid-semester test25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Nutritional Assessment
  • Unit Code

    NUT2220
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Amanda DEVINE

Description

In this unit students have the opportunity to examine a variety of approaches to the measurement of nutritional status in individuals and populations. Practical skills related to anthropometry and dietary assessment methods are developed. The design and use of diet histories, records, checklists and frequencies are evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from NUT1121

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate competence in the appropriate application of methods of nutritional assessment.
  2. Describe anthropometric laboratory procedures for the measurement of nutritional status.
  3. Discuss the characteristic features of methods for assessing the food consumption and nutrient intake of individuals, families and populations from culturally diverse settings.
  4. Discuss the limitations of different approaches to the measurement of nutritional status.
  5. Evaluate dietary adequacy and anthropometric measurements against national and international reference standards.

Unit Content

  1. Methods of anthropometric assessment: growth, body composition; use of a range of assessment tools and new technologies; use of reference data and indices.
  2. The quality of dietary assessment methods: sources of error, precision and validity.
  3. Qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring the food consumption of individuals, families and populations including recalls, records, frequencies, lists, balance sheets, telephone surveys and new technologies.
  4. The determination of nutrient intakes from food consumption data using dietary software and nutrient data banks; the role of chemical analyses; evaluation of nutrient intake data for individuals, families and populations.
  5. Methods of data management, data analysis and report writing.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, workshops, small group discussions, eLearning activities, audio-visual and multimedia activities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNutritional assessment report25%
TestMid-semester test25%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Lee, R. D., & Nieman, D. C. (2013). Nutritional assessment (6th ed.). New York: WSB/McGraw-Hill.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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