SP1002 - Sport and Exercise Nutrition
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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This course will cover optimal nutrition for exercise performance and health including nutrition categories and values for food, hydration and electrolyte balance, fluid replacement, carbohydrate loading, glycemic index, proteins and fats, vitamins and minerals, public health issues, nutritional supplements, anthropometry and dietary analysis.
Learning Outcomes
- describe and apply the current healthy eating guidelines to determine appropriate nutritional advice and recommendations for athletic performance and health across the lifespan;
- describe the role of diet in the development and management of chronic and lifestyle diseases and the health-related consequences of these diseases;
- explain and appraise how dietary intake and body composition can be estimated and evaluated in practice;
- summarise and present nutrition topics for athletic performance, health or body composition.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, , Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (30%); assignments (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.