Nutrition, Growth and Physical Activity (CHLD0062)

Summary

The module covers: Nutritional requirements during childhood; epidemiology of childhood obesity, consequences of childhood obesity (psychosocial issues and medical complications), interventions to prevent and manage obesity; management of eating disorders; evaluation of healthy lifestyle programmes and public health policies focusing on healthy lifestyles. It also discusses epidemiology of breastfeeding; interventions to increase prevalence and duration of breastfeeding; association between obesity and physical activity and measurement of physical activity in young children, and relationship between physical activity and nutritional requirements

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

After taking this module, you should be able to:

1. Describe policies, requirements, and practices relating to promotion of healthy nutrition in childhood

​Describe physical activity levels across childhood and recognise age-appropriate activities from infancy to adolescence with appropriate nutritional support
3. Discuss the epidemiology and outcomes of obesity in childhood

Describe influences on normal growth and development, understanding how to assess and monitor growth during childhood
	Describe and begin to develop effective interventions for the promotion of optimal nutrition, physical activity and obesity in childhood.
Who is this module for?

This is an optional module for the MSc Paediatrics and Child Health.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Teaching is delivered face-to- face over five days.

Assessment

This module will be assessed by a 3000 word project write up

Selected Reading List

This module's reading list is updated annually and is based on current journal articles and topics covered.

The aim of the module is to introduce and discuss four important and diverse areas of inorganic chemistry and to lay the theoretical and practical foundations...

Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM0030)

The aim of the module is to introduce and discuss four important and diverse areas of inorganic chemistry and to lay the theoretical and practical foundations for advanced courses in some of these topics taken later.

MODULE AIMS

Relate and discuss the differences between the chemistries of the lanthanides and actinides. Account for the differences between these chemistries and those of the d-block elements. To understand their commercial applications.
	Deduce synthetic routes to organometallic compounds. Account for reactivities in terms of kinetic and thermodynamic factors. Describe some applications of organometallic compounds.
	Understand the origins of the spectral features (bands) arising in both electronic and vibrational spectra and appreciate the nature of the information available in such spectra.
	Understand a band structure of a material from a first glance, and deduce the potential applications of the material.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS

Lectures: The topics will be introduced through a blended delivery of asynchronous videos with online activities, and support hours. Workshops will then provide the opportunity to work through question sets and for further interactive learning.

Self-study: In addition to timetabled hours it is expected that you engage in self-study in order to master the material. This can take the form of practicing example questions (additional questions available on Moodle and past exam questions) and further reading in textbooks and online