Major nutritional challenges in under-resourced and developing societies, including malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and the impact of urbanisation on the nutritional health of communities and countries in transition.
Examines the major nutritional challenges in under-resourced and developing societies, including malnutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and the impact of urbanisation on the nutritional health of communities and countries in transition.
| Paper title | International Nutrition and Health |
|---|---|
| Paper code | HUNT346 |
| Subject | Human Nutrition |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2020 |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2020 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- HUNT 241-243
- Restriction
- HUNT 223
- Schedule C
- Science
- Eligibility
This paper is restricted against HUNT223.
- Contact
- human-nutrition@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Human Nutrition's website
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
Lectures will provide students with a broad knowledge of the nutritional challenges in developing societies and allow students to acquire an in-depth understanding of the impact of suboptimal nutrition on health status in low-resource settings.
Practical blocks will provide opportunities for students to become familiar with the interdisciplinary nature of nutritional problems from agro sciences, economic and policy sciences, human, social and health sciences.
- Teaching Arrangements
Two lectures per week and weekly practical sessions.
Attendance at practical classes is compulsory.
- Textbooks
The majority of reading material will be taken from recent scientific journals and will either be handed out as photocopies or put on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding,
Ethics, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
By the end of HUNT 223 you should be able to:
• Describe the major nutritional problems that influence the health, survival, and developmental capacity of populations in developing societies
• Critically analyse the juxtaposition of malnutrition and obesity in indigenous and transition populations
• Compare and evaluate possible interventions implemented at the household, community, national, and international levels to prevent and treat malnutrition
• Critically examine the issues and constraints in the scaling up of various intervention programs
• Integrate learning throughout the course to identify and evaluate possible interventions for alleviating malnutrition, for individuals and populations
