AC7026 - Nutrition Related Diseases

This module will involve lectures and seminars and tutorials. Lectures will introduce the key concepts and seminars will be used to develop the detail. Seminars will allow students to engage with current primary literature as well as review and evaluate existing health interventions.
Delivery of this module will be supported by the e-learning portal (eLP). Lectures and supplementary learning materials will be available on the module site; the electronic Reading List will be linked to Library Services; key websites and online links in the field will be included.

You will be supported in this module by the module tutor and module team who will provide a lecture series designed to develop your knowledge and raise questions relevant to those diseases that stem from nutritional imbalance. You will also be supported by the student-led discussions and debates in small group seminars. Directed independent study tasks will allow you to engage more widely with the subject matter.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
• Appraise current views of given clinical nutrition related disorders
• Evaluate the significance of genetic and behavioural factors in determining eating behaviour and the risk of degenerative disease

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
• Interpret data for a given clinical disorder and discuss the relevance in determining appropriate treatments

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
• Develop professional and ethical skills as required for a role as a health professional

This module has a two part summative assessment. The first element is a 3000 word essay; specifically, you are asked to prepare a grant application to support a research project in the area of diet and disease risk (comprising 70% weighting of the assessment).
The second element is an individual oral presentation comprising 30% weighting of the assessment.

Formative assessment
1. You will be asked to provide your allocated tutor with an outline plan of your proposal .You will be given feedback at your 1:1 tutorial or electronically which you can feedforward into your final essay.
2. You will be asked to provide your allocated tutor with an outline plan of your presentation. You will be given feedback at your 1:1 tutorial or electronically which you can feedforward into your final presentation. ( All MLOs)

Summative Assessment
1. 1. You will submit a 3000 word grant application to support a research project in the area of diet and disease risk (70% of the module mark). The emphasis is on producing novel research idea with real world public health relevance (MLO’s 1,2,3,4).
2. 2. A 15 minute individual oral presentation where you will defend your research proposal (MLOS’s 1, 2, 3, 4)

Knowledge of bioscience (including any of physiology, biochemistry, disease pathophysiology)

None

Nutritional factors play an important role in the risk of chronic non-communicable disease during adulthood. Under-nutrition and obesity increases vulnerability to ill-health by decreasing resilience and the capacity to cope with any stress; infective, emotional or societal. In addition to its causative role in under-nutrition and obesity, poor nutrition exacerbates many infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases. You will develop your understanding of the impact which diet has on increasingly common chronic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity, cardiovascular disease and degenerative diseases.