2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
FOOD5425M Personalised Nutrition
10 creditsClass Size: 100
Module manager: Professor Janet Cade
Email: J.E.Cade@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
The module aims to:- develop knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles underpinning the relationship between diet/food/nutrients and lifestyle;
- develop knowledge and understanding of the concept of personalised nutrition, including the role of diet-gene interactions, and the role of the environment on nutritional health outcomes;
- develop understanding of the relationship between physical activity and nutrition in the context of weight management;
- raise awareness of the role and limitations of the nutrition professional in the context of healthcare strategies.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the module, students should be able to:
- explain the consequence of nutrient deficiencies and excess and their relation to human health/wellbeing and disease;
- explain the role of diet and physical activity in weight management;
- use dietary assessment techniques and dietary reference values to evaluate diets of individuals and formulate strategies to improve diets, according to recommendations and personal circumstances and preferences, setting achievable targets for health improvement;
- discuss how nutrients may affect individuals/groups of individuals though diet-gene interactions;
- discuss the effect of the environment, including geopolitical, cultural and socioeconomic factors, on diets, food consumption and health patterns.
Skills outcomes
- Diet evaluation techniques.
- Health assessment, physical and clinical symptoms of diet-related disease.
- Counsellinfg skills.
- Use of dietary reference values.
Syllabus
Genetics:
- taste genetics, nutrigenomics, epigenetics, hemochromatosis.
Lifestyle:
- diet and activity, causes of obesity, functional foods, diet intervention.
Advice:
- counselling skills, ethics, registered nutritionist status, case study.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| In Course Assessment | 1 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| Case Study | 1 | 20.00 | 20.00 |
| Lecture | 15 | 1.00 | 15.00 |
| Practical | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Private study hours | 43.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 57.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
- 43 hours: directed reading for lecturesOpportunities for Formative Feedback
- Students will have opportunities to obtain formative feedback during the lectures. Progress will be formally monitored through course-work assignment and group case study.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Case Study | Group case study (assessed under exam conditions) | 50.00 |
| Assignment | Individual 2,000 word report | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
The case study will be assessed under exam conditions (1.5 hours). Case study resit will be an individual new case study report.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 13/01/2015
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