536-307 Physiology of Human Nutrition

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Students completing this subject should:

Comprehend:

• the nutritional aspects of physiology;

• the experimental approaches to nutritional physiology in a research setting.

Appreciate:

• the procedures of presentation and communication between peers.

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• an appreciation of hypothesis testing, experimental design, experimental procedures, data acquisition and processing specifically related to nutrition research.

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Topics covered in nutrition in normal physiology include: water, minerals, electrolytes, lipid digestion, absorption and turnover, dietary carbohydrate, fibre, bone metabolism. Topics covered in nutrition related to disease include: hypertension, plasma lipoproteins, hyperlipidemia, atheroscelorosis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Course work includes 2 practical research projects, seminar and review of the literature. The research projects conducted are: 1) body composition related to energy balance, 2) manipulation of dietary fat and electrolyte intake and the effect on blood pressure and blood lipids.

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