Diet Disease Relationships
UndergraduateLTU-DTN3012025
Study the relationship between diet, health and disease. Analyse why food low in nutrition causes health conditions and reduces energy and performance. Discover how bacteria in food spreads, and find ways to prevent and manage diet related disease.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Diet Disease Relationships
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply critical thinking to identify foods/nutrients that may be protective in preventing disease and explain the proposed mechanisms and evidence.
- Critically review the role of nutrition in the aetiology of given diseases to identify population groups at increased or reduced risk and explain the associated epidemiological evidence and pathophysiology.
- Critically appraise a scientific paper examining the role of nutritional factors in the aetiology of a disease.
- Metabolic Disorders 1 (Overweight and Obesity)
- Metabolic Disorders 2 (Diabetes)
- CVD 1
- CVD 2
- Cancer 1
- Cancer 2
- Dementia & Mental Health
- Osteoporosis & Musculoskeletal
- Nutrigenomics
- Microbiome
- Food Safety - Microbiology
In this subject, you will develop an understanding of the relationships between nutrition and disease. You will explore key diseases in which nutritional factors have a role in the aetiology (as a platform for future studies in the prevention and management of nutrition-related diseases). You will consolidate skills in critical appraisal of the scientific literature in relation to the pathophysiology of nutrition-related disease.
- One 600-word individual written assignment. (25%)
- One 1,200 word individual critical appraisal assignment (35%)
- 2 x 40-minute online quizzes each worth 20% (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-HUN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
and one of
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Others
Prerequisites: Students must be admitted in the following course: HBFN
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed DTN3NDS (Nutrition and Disease) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - A good internet connection is required due to the online delivery.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
5 student respondents between 20 May - 4 June 2024.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Food and Nutrition
UndergraduateLAT-HUN-DEG