INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION

About this Course

  • 251 students enrolled
  • 7 instructors

Course Description

This course encompasses basic principles of nutrition, its functions and its effect on health, and other nutritional issues in general. Emphasis is being placed on the important role of nutrition in daily diet and meals.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Present the concept of nutrition for the wellbeing of a person by integrating the nutrition knowledge and information.
2 ) Describe the concept of nutrition and its role for an adequate diet and healthy living.
3 ) Demonstrate teamwork in disseminating nutrition concept for healthy living.

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 3 hours/week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Business & Management ( SP )

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 Syllabus

1.1 Objective and Importance of Nutrition and Nutrients
1.2 The Role of Public and Private Organizations with Regards to National and World Health
1.3 Malaysian Dietary Guidelines

2.1 Structure of the human body
2.2 Digestion, Absorption and Transport System

3.1 Chemist's view of carbohydrate
3.2 Function of carbohydrate and fiber in human body
3.3 Source of food and body requirements for carbohydrate and fiber
3.4 Deficiencies and Health Issues related with carbohydrate and fiber

4.1 Chemist's view of protein
4.2 Function of protein in human body
4.3 Source of food and body requirements for protein
4.4 Deficiencies and Health Issues related with protein

5.1 Chemist's view of lipid
5.2 Function of lipid in human body
5.3 Source of food and body requirements for protein
5.4 Deficiencies and Health Issues related with protein

6.1 Function of water in human body
6.2 Requirements for water and fluid
6.3 Deficiencies and Toxicity related with water consumption

7.1 Bioavailability and factors influencing
7.2 Fat soluble vitamins: Vitamin A, D, E and K
- Function of fat-soluble vitamins in human body
- Source of food and body requirements for fat soluble vitamins relate
- Deficiencies and Toxicity related with fat soluble vitamins
7.3 Water soluble vitamins: Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C
- Function of water-soluble vitamins
- Source of food and body requirements for water soluble vitamins
- Deficiencies and Toxicity related with water soluble vitamins

8.1. Macrominerals
- Function of macrominerals in human body
- Source of food and body requirements for macrominerals
- Deficiencies and Toxicity related with macrominerals
8.2. Trace mineral - Iron, Zinc, Iodine, Selenium
- Function of trace minerals in human body
- Source of food and body requirements for trace minerals
- Deficiencies and Toxicity related with trace minerals

Our Instructor

NORLAILA BINTI MAT TAHIR

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Dungun

NURUL HUDA BINTI HASHIM

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

PROFESOR MADYA TS. DR. NORFEZAH BT MD NOR

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

DR. NORRINA BINTI DIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

NAJUA BINTI MOHD ALI

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

DR. RAFIDAH AIDA BINTI RAMLI

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : Same as other MOOC courses in UiTM, this course is open to the public and also can be enrolled by non-UiTM students.

A2 : There is no pre-requisite requirement to enrol on this course

A3 : The nutritional intake and recommendations given in this e-content are based on Recommended Nutritional Intake (RNI) Malaysia, which has mostly superseded the major textbook and references.