Specialised Nutrition: Sport and Paediatrics
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 49 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
This unit will provide students with specialised nutrition knowledge, specifically in sports nutrition and paediatric nutrition. It will focus on the major areas of sport and exercise nutrition for elite and recreational athletes. Topics will include nutrition before, during and after exercise, the consideration of various sporting activities and body composition. The paediatric component will explore special considerations when working with infants and children.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Evaluate the nutritional needs of elite and recreational athletes and produce relevant nutrition recommendations for optimal training, recovery and performance
2. Appraise the current literature surrounding the efficacy and safety of nutritional supplements used in sport
3. Examine the special considerations and challenges which need to be overcome when working with infants and children
4. Distinguish between the nutritional requirements of infants and children at different ages/developmental stages
5. Examine the nutrition assessments tools and techniques used in paediatric nutrition and implication of parental/family roles on dietary behaviours
Courses with unit
Master of DieteticsUnit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-Campus Class | 2 | 12 | 24 |
On-Campus Lab | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Online Readings | 2.5 | 12 | 30 |
Unspecified Activities Independent study, Assignment preparation, Project report preparation | 6.5 | 12 | 78 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Online Tests x 2 | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Assignment | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3 |
| Project Report | Individual | 40% | 3,4,5 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- Analysis Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Communication Skills
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
- Ability to work independently
Content
- Nutritional needs of elite and recreational athletes for optimal training, recovery and performance.
- The efficacy and safety of nutritional supplements used in sport.
- Challenges faced by athletes in different sports and of different ages.
- Working with children and their families.
- Nutrition Assessment of children.
- Nutritional requirements of children at different ages/developmental stages.
- Feeding patterns and influences on: infants, toddlers, children and adolescents and differences in nutritional needs.
- Under-nutrition and over-nutrition in infancy and childhood.
- Nutrition Assessment.
- Nutrigenomics.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are encouraged to check the Unit Outline following enrolment in this subject to confirm the prescribed text prior to purchase