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NUT502 - Nutrition Across the Lifecycle

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Nutrition & Dietetics

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

Human biology and/or human development

Unit Description

This unit provides students with specialised knowledge of the nutrition needs for healthy people across the lifespan and their physiological basis. Students will critically reflect on the causes and consequences of suboptimal nutrition during critical periods of development (preconception through early childhood, adolescence) and identify strategies for intervention. Approaches for communication and education at different life stages will be implemented, including use of dietary guidelines and food selection guides.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Interpret nutritional requirements in relation to physiological characteristics of each life stage (preconception, pregnant and lactating women, infants, children, adolescents, adults, old age).
2.	Evaluate the application of nutritional assessment techniques for each stage of the life cycle.
3.	Critically analyse interventions to address sub-optimal nutrition during critical windows in development.
4.	Design nutrition communication and education resources appropriate to different lifecycle groups.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Case studies (2000 words)1a case study (500 words) (5%)1b case study (1500 words) (30%)	35%	1,2,4
2.	Critical appraisal (1500 words)	35%	1,3
3.	Nutrition education resource (1000 words)	30%	2,3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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