Laboratory Techniques in Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Description
This module is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to work in a Sport and Exercise Nutrition laboratory, industry or research setting. Students will gain practical experience as well as investigating sources of measurement error and understanding the importance of ethics and data protection in a laboratory context.
In full-time delivery, this module is delivered via 2hrs of lectures/wk and 24hrs of practicals/semester in the second semester of first year. In part-time delivery, this module is delivered via 2hrs of lectures/wk and 24hrs of practicals/semester in the second semester of the first year.
Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate the ability to adopt safe, professional and ethical principles in the testing and assessment of human subjects.
Critically analyse the benefits and limitations of a variety of procedures and measurement techniques.
Identify and apply appropriate assessment protocols in the context of sport and exercise nutrition and identify correct measurement errors.
Utilise different practical techniques to measure a range of anthropometric, physiological and metabolic variables during rest and exercise in human volunteers.
Synthesise the range of concepts and methods available to interpret and evaluate normal and abnormal exercise responses and the effects of a variety of dietary interventions.