This unit (HMG7130) investigates the epidemiology of current and emerging global nutrition challenges from a biological, social, economic and policy perspective. The unit explores issues of maternal and child under-nutrition in low and middle income countries and the growing global momentum to address these with evidence-based interventions delivered to scale. The double-burden of nutrition related diseases as a result of changing food consumption and physical activity levels is increasingly becoming a major public health concern globally with an increase in obesity and non-communicable diseases . This unit explores specific issues around the double burden of nutrition-related communicable and non-communicable disease and recent advances in efforts to tackle this both globally and locally to meet the World Health Assembly Nutrition Targets by 2030.
Unit details
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Study level:
Postgraduate
Credit points:
12
Unit code:
HMG7130
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Learning Outcomes
| 1. | Discriminate the different forms of under and over nutrition and using a lifecycle approach predict which population groups are most vulnerable and why; | ||
| 2. | Assess the risks to health in terms of mortality and morbidity and the economic and social burden of under and over nutrition; | ||
| 3. | Investigate and interrogate the distribution and epidemiology of under and over nutrition globally; | ||
| 4. | Critically apply conceptual frameworks to analyse the causes of under and over nutrition in specified populations; | ||
| 5. | Argue the benefits to development of investing in nutrition and propose cost effective interventions; and | ||
| 6. | Conceptually map global and national policies and initiatives designed specifically to combat under and over nutrition and evaluate the challenges of implementing these to scale. |
Assessment
| Assessment type | Description | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Test | Online quizzes (1,000 words approx.) | 20% |
| Assignment | Analysis of World Health Assembly Nutrition Targets (1,500 words) | 30% |
| Case Study | Case study on nutrition problem in a specific population (2,500 words) | 50% |
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