SHN7092 - Weight Management: Social and Behavioural Aspects

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of social and psychological factors affecting food choice, exercise and weight control across the lifespan.
Interpret a relationship between emotional state, eating patterns and exercise behaviour.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the complexity of multiple influences on exercise and eating behaviour and how these relate to weight management.
Apply a combination of knowledge, theories and principles of weight management to:
i) Identify a range of valid solutions,
ii) Reflect on the role of individual differences in predicting the effectiveness of practice and outcome.

Content:

Due to the broad nature of the subject content, students will have the opportunity to focus on specific areas from: the obesogenic environment and food choices; the role of cultural, social and psychological factors across the lifespan; the impact of marketing on individual food choices; the influence of parental feeding styles on children's eating behaviour; individual differences in interpretations of hunger, satiation and satiety; emotional influences on eating behaviour; disordered eating behaviour; and factors that affect successful weight management including the role of individual differences.

Learning and Teaching Information:

The module will be delivered using a mixture of face-to-face intensive lectures, workshops and seminars, supported with e-learning tasks. Student learning will be supported and evaluated through completion of interactive forums, web-based seminars and individual and group tutorials. A series of tasks assesses this module. There will be a total of eight topics posted over 10 weeks with opportunity for consolidation included.

Lectures/seminars
Hours: 2
Intended Group size: Cohort (20)

On-line learning tasks
Hours: 50 (5h per week x 10 weeks)
Intended Group size: 1

On-line seminars/web-based seminars
Hours: 3
Intended Group size: Cohort (20)

Individual tutorials
Hours: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 144

Further details relating to assessment
Students will be asked to write a research, funding or practical project grant proposal. The research area for the proposal must be related to the module content (i.e. weight management) but will be decided upon by the student after discussion with the module tutor.
Students will be supported with the assessment in two 30-minute tutorials, one mid-semester and one end-of-semester.

Assessment:

001 Research or funding grant proposal; 4,000 words; end of semester 2 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Nina Fryer
Level - 7
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 7PGS2

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