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Human Nutrition

  • Subject: Human Sciences
  • Level: Undergraduate
  • Type of Degree:
  • Cost: AUD 22260

This course provides students with a sound scientific background in nutritional science, food and consumer science and the psychological, social and cultural factors influencing people's response to food and their eating behaviour. The emphasis is on the role of nutrition in the maintenance of health and well-being in different societies and the physiological, biochemical and epidemiological relationships with diet-related diseases prevalent in affluent societies.

This course prepares graduates for employment in nutrition and community education environments, health promotion, government policy areas, the food industry, secondary teaching (in conjunction with teaching qualifications) and in other careers in biological sciences. It also provides the foundation and prerequisites for qualifying students for entry into graduate courses in allied health areas, including Dietetics and Nutrition, Sports Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy (all available at the University of Canberra); and Medicine (available at other Universities).

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