XNB176 Nutrition, Physical Activity and Health
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| Unit code: | XNB176 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $4,224 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | XNB176 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinators: | Neil King | n.king@qut.edu.au Fiona Willer | fiona.willer@qut.edu.au |
Overview
As the prevalence of many chronic diseases including obesity, is increasing globally, their prevention is a major health priority of governments and agencies. This unit promotes understanding of key concepts in nutrition and physical activity, including methods of assessment and promotion for improved health and well-being outcomes, focusing on individual, community and population level health determinants. Awareness of health status, due to nutrition and physical activity habits, and influences on health including sociocultural factors, is an essential foundation for work of sports and health professionals for promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in a culturally safe and inclusive way.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Describe the prevalence of chronic disease and obesity in the Australian context including related risks of physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour and inadequate diet.
- Identify and critique different methods for measuring diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
- Critically analyse and utilise health promotion theories and models of behaviour change to encourage adoption and maintainence of a healthy and active lifestyle and well-being.
- Identify and critique current International and Australian policies and initiatives addressing physical activity and chronic disease, at the individual and organisational level.
- Identify the historical and contemporary factors that affect nutrition, physical activity, health and wellbeing habits of Indigenous people worldwide.
Content
- Nutrition and physical activity guidelines, assessment methodologies and tools for measurement, including contemporary digital tools and technologies.
- The role of nutrition and physical activity including sedentary behaviour and diet in the aetiology, prevention and management of diet and lifestyle-related chronic conditions and obesity.
- The socio-ecological and cultural approach to health, focusing on determinants of diet and physical activity at individual, community, Indigenous and population levels
- Identification of key sectors, agencies and stakeholders associated with physical activity promotion and improved nutrition.
- Introductory nutrition concepts including function of macro- and micro-nutrients, common sources of nutrients and role in energy balance and health
- Evidence-based programs for promoting nutrition and physical activity at individual, community and population levels
- The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals including those focussed on health, well-being, food, nutrition and inequality.
- Awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and perspectives of health, food and physical activity
- Cultural safety and inclusions in issues of food, nutrition and physical activity for individuals, groups and communities.
Learning Approaches
The unit adopts a blended learning approach that includes online lectures and weekly workshops where you will engage in collaborative activities and apply the concepts learnt in class to Assessment Tasks. In this unit, you will develop the skills associated with measuring, assessing and evaluating people's physical activity levels and nutritional adequacy. You will identify key physical activity and nutrition principles for prevention of chronic diseases across the lifespan. You will also practice inquiry and analytical skills by analysing real-world health promotion strategies.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback to Students
Assessment will be spaced throughout the semester to provide the opportunity for feedback on your learning to that point. Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- You will be provided with verbal and/or written feedback on each piece of formative and summative assessment during the semester.
- Criteria sheet grading.
- Comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets.
- Generic comments back to the cohort via QUT Canvas.
You are encouraged to communicate with the unit coordinator if you have any questions or concerns about the assessment items.
Assessment
Overview
General Assessment
Each assessment item is designed to measure your knowledge and understanding stated in the learning outcomes. You will be required to use the research and evaluation skills to locate information that will inform the workbook and program evaluation.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Physical activity policy evaluation
You will critically evaluate a real-world physical activity policy for health promotion at either the community or population level, highlighting the most important factors and justifying why you agree/disagree from an exercise professional's perspective. You will prevent your evaluation in an oral presentation in class.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Nutrition case study
You will be provided a case study of a client with details of their eating patterns and socio-cultural factors to undertake a general nutrition assessment and provide practical food-based solutions for improvements to eating for health and well-being. You will be required to use and apply appropriate food selection guides and digital dietary assessment tools, and to compare your findings to current Australian dietary recommendations. You will explore the relevant social and cultural determinants of health as relevant to the case and identify ways to address barriers for health improvements that could be negotiated with the client for success in a culturally safe way.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Examination (written)
Centrally administered examination including a combination of short answer and multiple-choice response questions derived from lectures, tutorials, and readings.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.XN50 Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science
- Apply problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning to implement, analyse and evaluate evidence-based interventions for diverse clients and stakeholders.
Relates to: Physical activity policy evaluation, Nutrition case study, Examination (written) - Communicate and collaborate to transfer complex knowledge to clients and health professionals in a culturally safe manner.
Relates to: Nutrition case study
XN51 Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Apply problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical reasoning to implement, analyse and evaluate evidence-based interventions for diverse clients and stakeholders.
Relates to: Physical activity policy evaluation, Nutrition case study, Examination (written) - Communicate and collaborate to transfer complex knowledge to clients and health professionals in a culturally safe manner.
Relates to: Nutrition case study
XN52 Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology (Honours)
- Apply problem-solving, critical thinking and analytical reasoning to implement, analyse and evaluate evidence-based interventions for diverse clients and stakeholders.
Relates to: Physical activity policy evaluation, Nutrition case study, Examination (written) - Communicate and collaborate to transfer complex knowledge to clients and health professionals in a culturally safe manner.
Relates to: Nutrition case study