LLEK10249U Evidence, Diet and Health
MSc Programme in Clinical Nutrition
MSc Programme in Human Nutrition
The focus of the course is how to assess available evidence for a causal relationship between diet and diseases with a main focus on diet, macronutrients and life-style diseases such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The course will provide the students with theoretical teaching in the methodology, several examples and exercises and assignments that gives them opportunity to practise.
The main objective of the course is to provide the students with
an understanding of basic methods and concepts in nutritional
epidemiology, to enable them to assess available evidence for a
causal relationship between diet and health.
After completion of the course the students should be able to:
Knowledge:
- Define epidemiology and causality
- Describe the epidemiological measures of frequency and association
- Define and explain the concepts bias, confounding, effect modification, chance, power, validity and generalizability
- List the study designs, and describe their advantages and limitations in nutritional research
Skills:
- Demonstrate ability to critically assess the validity of studies on the relation between diet and health
- Discuss the evidence for causal relationship between diet and health
- Evaluate strategies for statistical analysis in different types of epidemiological studies
Competences:
- Perform evidence evaluations of relationships between dietary components and health
- Identify gaps in current knowledge and contribute to the planning of studies that will make progress
- Make dietary recommendations based on an evaluation of the evidence
Course literature will be announced at study start on the course’s Absalon page.
Knowledge and skills in nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, and statistics are recommended.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 16
- Preparation
- 70
- Exercises
- 52
- Exam Preparation
- 20
- Exam
- 48
- Total
- 206
We provide a thorough feed-back on all the written assignments mostly in plenum, but also for at least one of the assignments some individual feedback in writing on language as well as content.
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignment, 48 hours
- Type of assessment details
- Description of examination: The student will be given two papers and a number of questions that they have to consider in their answer. They will have 48 hours to do the task in which they are allowed to use all papers from the course, their notes, the internet and also to meet and discuss, but each student must make an individual answer and they are not allowed to discuss their written answers or copy writing from other students. The evaluation will consider skills mainly from the strength of the arguments and an overall evaluation of the answer. The final answer must be uploaded within 48 hours.
- Exam registration requirements
Approval of written assignments during the course.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Internal grading. More assessors.
- Exam period
The exam will take place in the 8th week of the block with delivery on Wednesday at 9 pm and submission on Friday at 9 pm.
- Re-exam
If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral. The student will be given two papers 48 hours prior to do the oral examination for preparation. The oral exam will be 20 min.
The requirements for registration can be fulfilled before re-exam. All assignments must be handed in no later than 3 weeks before reexamination. Assignments must be approved.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see "Learning Outcome"
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LLEK10249U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- A
- Course capacity
- No restrictions.
The number of seats may be reduced in the late registration period
Study board
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Lotte Lauritzen (2-7b7b4f7d7487823d7a843d737a)
- Nina Rica Wium Geiker (6-6c6a6e706a7745736a7d7833707a336970)