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Last updated: 4 March 2022
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HSN708
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2 hour class per week and 5 x 1.5 hour seminars per trimester
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.
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 capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinking
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 capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Identify potential career pathways in nutrition promotion and prepare a partial job application by addressing selection criteria.
GLO2: Communication
ULO4
Collaborate with others to complete tasks and solve problems.
GLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
ULO5
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: CommunicationGLO6: Self-managementGLO7: Teamwork
Assessment 1: Group assignment
Assessment 2: Individual written assignment and digital resource
Assessment 3: Individual written assignment and career activity
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN210 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.
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