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EXSS3071: Nutrition for Exercise and Health
2024 unit information
In this unit, students explore nutrition principles as they relate to health and physical performance in sport and recreation. Students consider key aspects of the metabolic and health consequences of obesity and the role of diet in the aetiology of chronic conditions and obesity. The interaction between dietary intake and physical activity and its effects on energy, balance, cardiovascular health, and other lifestyle diseases are considered. The unit defines the importance of macro and micronutrients in the maintenance of health, and the specific roles of carbohydrate, protein, and lipids in energy metabolism during exercise as well as how nutrition can influence exercise performance, recovery, and physiological adaptation from training. The efficacy of different competition strategies and common nutritional supplements will also be examined. Students will be provided with the knowledge and skills to provide general advice on nutrition to apparently healthy clients according to Australian guidelines and understand the risks of fad diets. Exercise Physiology students are advised to enroll in this unit in Semester 1. Exercise Science students are advised to enroll in this unit in Semester 2.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Movement Sciences
| Code | EXSS3071 |
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| Academic unit | Movement Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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EXSS2032 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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EXSS2021 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Explain the metabolic and chronic health consequences of obesity (e.g. type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease) and the role of diet in the aetiology of chronic conditions and obesity.
- LO2. Explain how nutrition can influence exercise performance, recovery, and physiological adaptation from training.
- LO3. Demonstrate understanding of the risks of dieting or energy restriction or omission of food groups, use of supplements and their safety and legality with respect to sporting competition.
- LO4. Demonstrate skills in anthropometric and body composition assessment, measurement and estimation of resting metabolism, blood glucose and lipid measurement, hydration and dietary assessment and basic dietary analysis and interpretation.
- LO5. Demonstrate skills in providing general nutrition advice to healthy clients using current Australian guidelines and sports nutrition guidelines.
- LO6. Develop skills in critical thinking and critical appraisal of the scientific literature methods and analysis, and cite the research of others in written and oral communication.
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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