NNEK14015U Experimental Nutrition Physiology
Volume 2015/2016
Education
MSc Programme in Human
Nutrition
MSc Programme in Clinical Nutrition
MSc Programme in Clinical Nutrition
Content
Introduction to and practical use of methods of measuring/assessing nutritional status including methods of measuring energy metabolism, body composition, biochemical parameters, and nutrient intake. Introduction to study design and dissemination including study planning, protocol writing, report writing, and oral data presentation. Introduction to statistical methods used in evaluating nutritional status.
Learning Outcome
Knowledge:
- To understand the principles behind study design and different scientific methods used in nutritional research.
- To understand the role of different factors that influence the validity of an experiment and the parameters that describes the quality of analyses.
- To understand the principles behind the methods used in research to assess energy requirements and energy expenditure, and discuss their pros and cons.
- To understand the principles behind the methods used in research to assess dietary food intake, and discuss their pros and cons.
- To understand the principles behind the methods used in research for anthropometric measurements, and discuss their pros and cons.
- To understand the role of biological and laboratory factors in assessment of micronutrient status and reflect on the use of appropriate biological materials, as well as discuss the pros and cons of different biomarkers as methods for evaluation of nutrient intake and status in a research set-up.
- To understand the principles behind basic statistical methods used for data analyses.
Skills:
- Be able to use, and critically evaluate, all the mentioned methods used for nutritional study design and status assessment.
- Be able to perform basic statistical analyses and critically evaluate biological data.
- Be able to design, perform, document and present own methodological study used for determination of energy and nutritional status.
Competences:
- To evaluate and critically judge scientific results.
- To work in a proactive manner to assure own learning outcome.
- To work both independently and in a students’ group.
Literature
Course literature will be announced at study start on the course’s Absalon page.
Formal requirements
LLEK10264 Nutrition
Physiology. The course Nutrition Physiology should be passed or to
be taken at the same time.
Teaching and learning methods
The course includes one
teaching module each week with introduction to the practical
exercises. In addition, there will be plenum lectures on the
theoretical background of methods used to assess nutritional
status. The lectures and introductions will be given in plenum,
whereas the practical and theoretical exercises are performed in
groups of 4-6 students. In the practical exercises, measurements
are obtained by the students themselves and include anthropometric
measurements and samples of blood and respiratory gasses from the
students. From these exercises the students are expected to discuss
the methods used and to write reports on their data. Moreover, the
students are to design and perform in groups their own experiment
based on the learning outcomes from the introductions and practical
exercises. This part of the work will result in a scientifically
written protocol and report, to be orally presented during a common
conference. The students are expected to act as opponents for other
groups, but the final judgment of the project and oral presentation
quality will be done by the course responsible.
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 38
- Preparation
- 122
- Theory exercises
- 46
- Total
- 206
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Exam
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentEvaluation is based on the participation in exercises and approval of protocols/reports from the exercises.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
one internal examiner
- Re-exam
- If the student did not fulfill the exam requirements regarding
approval of written work, it is possible to do this before the
re-exam. The student should hand-in the failed report(s) and pass
it two weeks before the registration deadline for the
re-examination. If participation in exercises falls below 80%, the
student will have to take the course again.
The re-examination will be oral and based on presentation of a report.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see "Learning Outcome"
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NNEK14015U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- AIf nessesary some experiments will be in C schedule (Wednesday and Friday). This will be announced in the lecture plan on Absalon just before start of the course.
- Course capacity
- 85 students. The course is reserved for students at the MSc in Human Nutrition and MSc in Clinical Nutrition.
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Course responsibles
- Anne Raben (3-66776645736a7d7833707a336970)
- Lars Klingenberg (16-7368797a35727370756e6c75696c796e477a7c756b35727c356b72)
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