Tools and Techniques in Nutrition Research
Course content
This course offers a comprehensive overview of available methodologies for assessing and evaluating dietary intake (ranging from subjective questionnaires to objective biomarkers of intake), physical activity, body composition, and energy metabolism of humans. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical exercises.
MSc Programme in Human Nutrition
The main objective of the course is to provide a solid understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of using a variety of methodologies that are available for assessing dietary intake, physical activity, body composition, and metabolism.
Knowledge:
- Describe different methods that can be used to assess dietary intake (in relation to nutrients or foods); body composition (in relation to fat, muscle, water, and bone); physical activity patterns and fitness levels; and energy metabolism (resting and postprandial metabolic rates, exercise energy expenditure, total daily energy expenditure).
- Outline the advantages and disadvantages of each method.
- Recognize the existence (or the absence) of national and international nutrient and dietary reference values and standards that can be used to evaluate the results.
Skills:
- Utilize a food recall or record to assess dietary intake by means of digital tools and evaluate the results.
- Measure resting metabolic rate by indirect calorimetry and estimate total energy expenditure.
- Measure body composition by different methods and compare the results.
- Measure the levels of various biomarkers in blood by using wet lab techniques.
Competences:
- Choose the most appropriate methodology to answer any given research question in any given experimental situation.
- Evaluate the results in relation to national and international nutrient and dietary reference values and standards.
- Reflect on the results after taking into consideration the limitations of the method used to obtain them.
Lectures, theoretical exercises, practical exercises, and discussions in plenum.
Course literature will be announced at study start on the course’s Absalon page.
Knowledge, skills and competences in the field of human
physiology are recommended.
Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is
recommended.
Oral feedback will be given collectively when reviewing theoretical and practical exercises in class.
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written examination, 3 hours under invigilation
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several internal examiners
Criteria for exam assessment
Please see ”Learning Outcome”
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 24
- Class Instruction
- 48
- Preparation
- 91
- Exercises
- 40
- Exam
- 3
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- NNEK23002U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedulegroup
-
C
- Capacity
- No restrictions.
The number of seats may be reduced in the late registration period - Studyboard
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinators
- Faidon Magkos (3-6c736746746b7e7934717b346a71)
- Inge Tetens (3-6f7a6b46746b7e7934717b346a71)
- Alexandr Parlesak (4-636e72634270677a75306d7730666d)
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