Health & Fitness Through Diet & Exercise (NUTR1023)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Human Movement & Nutrition Sci
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Workshop 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
HM102 or 103; HMST1023
Assessment methods
Workshop Activities, Quizzes, Report.
Course enquiries
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Summer Semester, 2024 (25/11/2024 - 08/02/2025) | External | External | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This course will examine the influence of diet and exercise on health, fitness and well-being. During the course students will learn about - the functions of nutrients in the body; how the body responds to exercise training; how to determine if students' own diet and exercise is meeting current recommendations; how to develop an exercise program to improve health and fitness; how to use diet and exercise to maintain a healthy body weight and how nutrition can be used to enhance exercise performance. The course is structured in a way that will allow the application of knowledge gained about diet and exercise to improve students' own health and fitness.