Assignment - Nutritional Status & Health Issues
Learning outcomes to be assessed through this work
1. Evaluate the nutritional status throughout the life-cycle and their impact on health.
2. Test nutritional status and interpret nutritional status data.
3. Identify ethical issues related to the study and their impact upon research work.
Assessment Objective/Rationale:
The aim of this coursework is for students to experience a range of practical measurements and data collection. And for students to also learn:
- how to collect these measures and interpret these results
- the importance of robust data collection
- to critically evaluate various methods in which nutritional status can be analysed
- to organise a variety of individual and group data and present illustratively to support wider discussions
- Consider any ethical issues related to the collection, analysis and interpretation of this data.
Assessment Task:
Develop a portfolio, based on a research hypothesis and collect the data/information in the unit practical sessions.
Assessment Criteria:
- The ability to develop an idea and apply a suitable methodology to test the idea/hypothesis
- The ability to understand scientific concepts to a deep level and evaluate these
- The ability to use appropriate techniques/procedures and be aware of ethical implications
- To show competence in research, planning and carrying out proposed research ideas(including the communication - and hence layout)
- To demonstrate evidence of independent learning.
Attachment:- Assignment Files.zip