Nutrition for Exercise and Health
Module title | Nutrition for Exercise and Health |
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Module code | ESS2514 |
Academic year | 2022/3 |
Credits | 15 |
Module staff | Dr Raquel Revuelta Iniesta (Convenor) Dr Luciana Torquati (Convenor) Dr Marlou Dirks (Convenor) |
Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Duration: Weeks | 11 |
Number students taking module (anticipated) | 30 |
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Module description
This module will develop your understanding of links between nutrition, exercise and health. You will examine the impact of nutritional strategies on both acute and chronic health issues (e.g. type II diabetes) and consider the role of nutritional strategies in managing such issues. This module will focus on developing your knowledge of essential information that is required to work as an applied practitioner within health and exercise settings.
Module aims - intentions of the module
This module aims at providing you with a deep understanding of the role nutrition plays in the pathophysiology of common chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, cancer, and neuro-degenerative and cardiovascular disease. You will understand how inflammation and hormonal imbalance can lead to chronic disease onset. You will explore and assess the latest evidence on diet, physical activity and exercise approaches that have demonstrated potential for prevention and treatment of these conditions.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Synthesise the role of nutrition and the consequences of imbalanced diet on obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer development and management
- 2. Explain in detail the integration of metabolism, at molecular, cellular and whole body levels and its role in food intake and energy utilisation
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Describe in detail strengths and weaknesses in dietary and health research methods, that limit understanding and application of human nutrition knowledge
- 4. Integrates knowledge from a variety of sources to identify or propose solutions to improvement human health
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 5. Work independently and organise your own time to meet deadlines
- 6. Assume responsibility for your own learning and work
Syllabus plan
- Single nutrient vs dietary patterns to promote health and prevent/treat chronic disease.
- Integrated metabolism in nutrition and the role of hormones in shaping food intake, satiety, and resting metabolic rate.
- Glucose signalling and homeostasis (insulin signalling health/disease, fasted/fed state metabolism)
- The role of diet, physical activity and exercise on metabolism and inflammation, disease risk and management of disease:
- Cancer.
- Ageing related diseases: dementia, Alzheimer’s, sarcopenia.
- Hormonal imbalance related conditions (i.e. hypo/hyperthyroidism, polycystic ovary syndrome, fertility).
- Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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33 | 117 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | Lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 11 | Seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 30 | Reading |
Guided Independent Study | 15 | Completing study tasks on ELE |
Guided Independent Study | 72 | Preparation for assessments |
Formative assessment
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Individual podcast transcript | 800 words | 1-6 | Written |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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70 | 0 | 30 |
Details of summative assessment
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Individual podcast | 30 | 10 minutes | 1-6 | Written |
Individual critical analysis | 70 | 2000 words | 1-6 | Written |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Individual podcast | Individual podcast | 1-6 | August/September Assessment period |
Individual critical analysis | Individual critical analysis | 1-6 | August/September Assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will need to complete further assessment as required. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Basic reading:
- Gropper, Smith and Groff (2016). Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism (7th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Wardlaw’s perspectives in nutrition. Carol Byrd-Bredbenner and Gordon M. Wardlaw (2019). McGraw-Hill
- Nutrition and Metabolism (2011). Susan A. Lanham-New, Ian A. Macdonald, Helen M. Roche. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Payne, A., Barker, HM. (2010) Adanced Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition. 1st edition. Churchill Livingstone
- Ralston, SH., Penman, I., Strachan, M., Hobson, R., (2018) Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 23rd edition. Elsevier.
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
- ELE page: https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/ (peer-review papers, government reports and position statements will be regularly posted and updated)
- Diabetes UK https://www.diabetes.org.uk/
- British Heart Foundation https://www.bhf.org.uk/
- Dementia UK https://www.dementiauk.org/
- International Agency for Research on Cancer- WHO https://monographs.iarc.fr/
- NICE guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance
Credit value | 15 |
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Module ECTS | 7.5 |
Module pre-requisites | ESS1007 Human Physiology |
Module co-requisites | ESS2512 Nutrition Science, or equivalent |
NQF level (module) | 5 |
Available as distance learning? | No |
Origin date | 12/05/2021 |
Last revision date | 12/05/2021 |