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Nutrition Throughout Life
UndergraduateLTU-DTN3072025
Previously LTU-DTN401
Learn how the human body grows and changes—from the womb through adulthood and during the ageing process. Notice how nutrition, eating patterns and habits affect people’s size, fitness levels, and quality and length of human life.
- 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
Nutrition Throughout Life
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Appraise and critically review the physiological differences / changes occurring during different stages of the life span.
- Analyse and critically review the nutritional requirements for preconception, pregnancy, lactation, infants, children, adolescents, adults & older persons.
- Evaluate and critically review the dietary/nutritional issues and habits and behaviours of particular relevance to each life stage group.
- Preconception Nutrition
- Pregnancy Nutrition
- Lactation Nutrition
- Infant Nutrition
- Toddler Nutrition
- Child Nutrition
- Adolescent Nutrition
- Adult Nutrition 1
- Adult Nutrition 2
- Older Person Nutrition 1
- Older Person Nutrition 2
In this subject, you will develop an understanding of nutrition requirements and physiological changes across the lifespan: pre-conception, pregnancy and foetal development, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and ageing. You will also learn about food and nutrition dietary patterns across the different life stages. You will be able to combine prior nutritional and biosciences knowledge and skills to gain a more in depth understanding of human nutritional needs, and habits/practices/behaviours.
- Nutrition Education Resource (formative assessment) One 1000 word equivalent (30%)
- Nutrition through the life stages portfolio One 2000 word assignment (50%)
- 1 x 45 min quiz (750 word equivalent) (20%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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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 DTN3LSP (Lifespan Nutrition) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
- Software requirements - Nutritional analysis software - Xyris's FoodWorks
- 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
7 student respondents between 26 May - 23 June 2025.
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