HSN301 - Diet and Disease
| Year: | 2021 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | HSN211 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSN703 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Burwood (Melbourne) students: 2 X 1 hour classes per week and 6 x 2 hour face-to-face or cloud (online) seminars per trimester. Waurn Ponds (Geelong) students: 2 X 1 hour stream or online recorded class per week and 6 x 2 hour face-to-face or online seminars per trimester. Warrnambool students: 2 X 1 hour stream or online recorded class per week and 6 x 2 hour face-to-face or online seminars per trimester. Seminar attendance is not a hurdle requirement but attendance is strongly recommended. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online) | 2 X 1 hour stream or online recorded class per week and 6 x 2 hour cloud (online) seminars per trimester. Recorded Burwood (Melbourne) classes will be available to all students via CloudDeakin. |
Content
This unit concentrates on major nutrition-related components of the major non-communicable diseases that affect the health of developed nations. Topics include: the metabolic syndrome, obesity (regulation of energy balance, health consequences, best practice dietary interventions); cardiovascular disease (atheroma pathophysiology, lipoprotein metabolism, dietary management); type 2 diabetes (T2D) (the role of diet and physiological mechanisms in the pathogenesis and treatment of T2D); nutrient-gene interactions (epigenetic methylation, histone modifications and single nucleotide polymorphisms); mental health (role of nutrients in the brain and effect on several significant mental health pathologies) and cancer (dietary components as indicators, promoters or protective agents).
Unit Fee Information
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