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EXS-10025 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 17 March 2026

EXS-10025 - Nutrition in Action: Fuelling Health, Sport, and Exercise
Coordinator: Dean Burt
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

No

Barred Combinations

No

Description for 2026/27

Through a combination lectures, seminars, and lab-based practicals, you will learn about the basic macronutrient types and understand the role of key micronutrients in maintaining good health, and the manipulation of dietary intake for health and optimal athletic performance.
The module introduces concepts of the roles for nutrition and physical activity as drivers for positive communities.

Aims
This module aims to introduce and explore the fundamentals of human nutrition and physical activity for health, sport, exercise and performance.

Intended Learning Outcomes

describe the absorption, transport and storage of macronutrients and the role of selected micronutrients in the maintenance of human physiological function.: 1
collect, analyse and interpret dietary data in relation to the dietary requirements for selected specific population groups.: 2
describe theoretical knowledge of nutrition for health, sport, exercise and performance.: 1
identify the concepts of public health evidence in relation to physical activity.: 1
describe how the public’s health is influenced by the social and physical environment in which people live and how this impacts on their sedentariness, physical inactivity, exercise, fitness and nutrition.: 2

Study hours

Active learning includes:
- 33 hours of teaching via lectures, lab-based practicals and class-based seminars.
- 3 hours of assessment class-based preparation
- 20 hours of asynchronous directed study
94 hours of independent study by the student
- 24 hours assessment development
- 70 hours self-directed study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Class Test weighted 40%
In situ computer-based assessment
A 30-minute, in-situ, computer-based assessment that will incorporate a range of question types based on any aspect covered in the module. Questions will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions.

2: Report weighted 60%
A 1000-word Laboratory Report
A 1000-word laboratory report, drawn from participation in the module's practical laboratory sessions. Students will be provided with data from 3 different laboratory practicals, from which they can select one data set from one laboratory practical to use to write-up for the laboratory report.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 17 March 2026