HSN703 - Diet and Lifestyle Diseases
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Gunveen Kaur |
| Cohort rule: | H511, H517, H616 and H714 students: enrol in online mode only. H748 students: enrol via Campus mode at Burwood (Melbourne) only. Other Postgraduate students who wish to enrol in this unit: If you are enrolled in an on campus course, you can enrol in the on campus unit offering and you will need to request a manual enrolment from a Student Adviser in Student Central. If you are enrolled in an online course, you need to enrol into the online unit offering. |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | HSN701 |
| Incompatible with: | HSN301 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 5 x 2 hour on-campus seminars per trimester in addition to online learning activities |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 5 x 2 hour online 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. |
Note:Unit previously named Diet and Disease | |
Content
This unit concentrates on the role of nutrition in development and control of major lifestyle diseases that affect the health. Students will build a knowledge base on aetiology and pathophysiology of major lifestyle diseases such as obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health. Then understand the role of nutrients, diet and dietary patterns in development and control of these diseases. Students will also learn how to understand, interpret and critically appraise current nutrition research.
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 | Explain the aetiology and pathophysiology of common nutrition-related diseases. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Associate the role of different nutrients and diets with the prevention and control of common nutrition-related diseases. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Demonstrate thorough interpretation and critical evaluation of scientific publications related to prevention and control of common nutrition-related diseases. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Synthesise current scientific knowledge on prevention and control of nutrition-related diseases to produce accurate high quality reports for a professional and lay audience. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Online MCQ tests | 4 tests | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Factsheet | 1500 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Critical review of the literature | 2500 words | 50% |
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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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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