HSN210 - Nutrition and Food Promotion
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jessica Kempler |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSN708 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 5 x 2 hour seminars per trimester |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Nutrition and food promotion is an important aspect of public health nutrition. Promotion of nutrition and food knowledge amongst food consumers, as well as the modification of the food supply, is essential for the optimisation of health. Topics covered in this unit: design, planning and evaluation of nutrition promotion programs, nutrition promotion in a variety of settings e.g.: children and families, workplaces and health services, food industry, food labelling; theories and methods to help understand what drives consumers to eat certain foods.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Describe and critically analyse nutrition promotion theories and approaches, and explain how social, psychological and environmental factors can be used to influence food consumers in healthy ways. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Plan, design and evaluate nutrition promotion interventions in a range of settings including community, health service, food industry, workplace and mass communication using evidence-based approaches. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Collaborate with others to complete tasks and solve problems. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Seek and use feedback from others to enhance self-awareness, develop skills and knowledge, and develop lifelong learning skills to improve future work and studies. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Group assignment and teamwork reflection | 700 words | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Individual written assignment and digital resource | 2000 words | 50% |
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| Assessment 3: Individual written assignment and feedback reflection | 1200 words | 30% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HSN210 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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