Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the role of food, nutrition and lifestyle for good health and to reduce the risk of age-related chronic disease and improve the quality of life in ageing Australians. Nutritional guidelines: qualitative and quantitative; macro and micronutrients; changes in nutritional requirements with ageing; lifestyle and dietary patterns associated with disease during ageing; physiological, socioeconomic, and cultural changes to food, nutrition and eating with ageing; malnutrition; drug-nutrient interactions; food provision and services across the continuum of aged care.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and determine dietary and nutritional requirements across the ageing process.
- Describe the impact of dietary and lifestyle patterns on the aetiology of disease associated with ageing.
- Identify pharmacological, physiological and social, facilitators and barriers to achieving optimal nutritional status.
- Develop practical nutritional and dietary strategies to promote healthy ageing and reduce disease associated with ageing to increase the quality of life.