Advanced Nutrition Sciences (NUTR3201)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2020
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Human Movement & Nutrition Sci
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
External
Class hours
3L + 2T
Incompatible
NUTR2201
Prerequisite
BIOC2000 + physiology at year 2 level (either PHYL2730 or BIOM2011 or BIOM2015) + NUTR2101
Companion
BIOC3006
Assessment methods
Weekly exam practice quizzes (15%); Practical Reports and Assignment (37%), Final Exam (48%)
Course enquiries
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2025 (28/07/2025 - 22/11/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
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Course description
NUTR3201 aims to develop knowledge and scientific critical thinking in contemporary nutrition topics and emerging issues. This course builds on prior studies in nutrition science, and the understanding of human physiology, biochemistry and molecular principles. The course examines the scientific basis for nutrition reference standards and guidelines, nutraceuticals and functional foods; the strengths and limitations of nutrition research methodology; the nutritional outcomes of food processing and exposure to related metabolites; the emerging paradigm of personalised nutrition through the understanding of nutritional genomics, and nutritional epigenetic marks; the role of the gut microbiota in health and disease, and interactions with dietary constituents with related outcomes; the concept of energy balance with processes involved in the regulation and dysregulation of appetite, and association with eating disorders. Finally, it explores the scientific evidence of the role of dietary patterns and food constituents in regulating the metabolic drivers of lifestyle and ageing-related chronic disease.