Appropriately equipped laboratory with adequate technical support and:-

- Nutritional analysis software (currently Dietmaster 4.0)
- Gas analysis equipment (Quark beta gas analyser)
- Cycle ergometers
- Reflotron
- Equipment for assessment of body composition (eg Accurate Harpenden skinfold callipers, Bodystat 1500 BIA analyser and electrodes, stadiometer, scales, tape measures)
- Equipment for biochemical analysis, including Reflotron, lactate analyser, haemocue, haematocrit coentrifuge, capillary tubes and cristaseal, haematocrit reader, finger prick blood sampling equipment and appropriate reagent strips.
- TV and video
- OHP and white board.

Lectures - 12 hours (43% of contact time)
Labs / seminars - 8 x 2 hours (57% of contact time)
Independent study - 126 hours

During labs, students will be encouraged to actively participate in techniques used.

During their time allocated to Independent Study, students will participate in background reading (50% of allocated time). The remainder of the assigned time will be spent in preparation for a presentation, in interactive IT learning strategies such as CD ROMs, Blackboard and the Internet.

This module serves as an introduction to nutrients and their role in the diet in relation to sport, health and exercise. It allows students to explore varying aspects of nutritional and metabolic analysis from dietary assessment through to body composition, energy expenditure and biochemical analysis. Students will explore the basic concepts of weight control, energy homeostasis and energy metabolism, relating these to diet and exercise.

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2. Bender, D. A. (1997) Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism. 2nd Ed. London. Taylor and Francis. ISBN: 0748407812.
3. Department of Health (1991) Dietary Reference Values for food energy and nutrients for the U.K. Rep Hlth. Soc. Subj. No. 41 HMSO.
ISBN: 0-11-321397-2.
4. Heyward, V. H. Stolarczyk, L. M. (1996) Applied Body Composition Assessment. Human Kinetics. ISBN: 0-87322-653-3.
5. Lee, R., Nieman, D. (2002). Nutritional assessment. London: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 007113087X
6. McArdle, W. D., Katch, F. I., Katch, V. L. (2001). Exercise Physiology; Energy, nutrition and human performance. 5th Ed.
PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. ISBN: 0-7817-2544-5.
7. Wardlaw, G. M., Kessel, M. (2002). Perspectives in Nutrition. 5th Ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0071122869

Students will be required to complete 2 pieces of summative assessment.

1. A laboratory report (500 words) to assess LOs 1 and 2 (contributing 40% of the total marks). Students will collect data in a laboratory session and be required to produce a laboratory report.
2. A 1 hour end of module class text to assess LOs 1, 2 & 3 (contributing 60% of the total marks). The paper will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions.

15 credits will be gained from an overall pass in this module.

Students will be provided with formative assessment and feedback via supervised practical sessions where feedback is given directly to students by supervising staff. Written tasks and short quizzes will also be provided, which are either peer-reviewed or answers are given directly from module staff (this could be either verbally or in electronic format). This will support problem-based questions that will be part of the practical examination.