BMS243 Nutrition, Metabolism & Human Disease (8)
Abstract
In this subject, students examine metabolism pertinent to the study of nutrition. The subject relies on a basic understanding of human metabolic pathways and extends students' understanding of the pathogenesis of various common diseases in biochemical detail. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
Session 2 | Online | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: BMS243
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Biomedical Sciences |
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Assumed Knowledge
BCM211 (or BMS205 or BCM210) and BMS240
It is assumed that students have either completed or are concurrently studying BMS208 Human Nutrition.
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BMS322 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to describe the underlying principles of inherited metabolic disorders, with special reference to phenylketonuria and galactosaemia;
- be able to give examples of the role of metabolic lesions on the pathogenesis of common human diseases;
- be able to integrate metabolic knowledge from earlier biochemistry subjects to describe the metabolic adaptations (and their underlying regulation) to a range of physiological states;
- be able to describe the influence of dietary factors on the development of common diseases such as liver disease, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease;
- be able to state the influences of reactive oxygen species and antioxidants on the pathogenesis of common human diseases;
- be able to explain how the metabolic changes in nutritional diseases such as anorexia, marasmus and kwashiorkor result in the observed clinical symptoms for these diseases;
- be able to specify how metabolic changes in both physiological and pathological states may affect human nutritional requirements; and
- be able to acquire and analyse information from relevant scientific literature and present a synthesis of findings on a given topic relevant to nutrition, metabolism and health.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Inherited metabolic disorders, with special reference to the metabolic lesions resulting in cystic fibrosis, phenylketonuria and galactosaemia - their nutritional implications;
- Revision of the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids, and introduction to the metabolism of fructose;
- Metabolic adaptations to the post-prandial and starvation states - the role of hormones as metabolic regulators;
- Metabolic adaptations to severe exercise - the scientific basis of nutritional loading;
- Liver function (metabolism of alcohol, detoxification, nutrient reserves, bile production, excretion);
- Liver pathology (pathological effects of alcohol, jaundice, hepatitis, cirrhosis);
- Endocrine control of blood glucose levels, with special reference to the diabetes mellitus (its pathogenesis, diagnosis, control and monitoring);
- The pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, with special reference to the dietary influences on risk factors;
- Free radical and reactive oxygen biology;
- The metabolic syndrome - its development, diagnosis and use as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus;
- Metabolic adaptations to stress, especially in severely ill people. Nutritional implications;
- Metabolic changes in severe nutritional deficiency diseases such as anorexia, marasmus and kwashiorkor - nutritional implications;
- Metabolic changes in cancer cachexia - nutritional implications.
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.