Length: Full Year
Recommended background: Successful completion of Stage 1 Nutrition
Content:
Nutrition is a science which immerses students in the fundamentals of human nutrition, physiology and health and promotes investigation of current and emerging trends. It is the study of dietary, lifestyle, and healthy eating patterns with specific focus on nutrients in food, how the body uses nutrients, and the relationship between diet, health, and disease.
Students apply knowledge and understanding of nutrition to conduct investigations and examine scenarios. They develop an understanding of the need to evaluate food systems and food quality standards, marketing of food, food availability, and cultural influences on food selection. Students explore the link between food systems, environmental impacts, climate change, and food sustainability. Through this understanding, they suggest solutions to complex issues, informed by current research and Australian consumer-protection practices.
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Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards as outlined in the Subject Outline. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes. The areas of performance being assessed are investigation, analysis, evaluation and knowledge and understanding.