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This course provides an understanding of nutritional principles for healthy living and maintaining and improving sporting performance. The course will identify recommended nutritional practices for various populations including athletes, recreational exercisers, and groups with specific nutritional needs. The use of nutritional supplements in sporting performance will also be examined.
- Apply contemporary understanding of the sporting nutrition landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts.- Describe how food and fluid is digested and absorbed by the body.- Classify and describe macronutrients and micronutrients.- Describe the principles of energy balance and fluid balance related to activity.- Critique and apply appropriate nutritional guidelines for healthy living and the management of nutritional deficiencies.- Describe and compare the narratives that have arisen from the popularity of nutritional supplements.
SPCO107
Please note that the 2026 timetable has not been finalised.
Scheduled days and times will be confirmed, following review, on 15th October.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Brad Joseph Hurren
Domestic fee $1,099.00
International fee $5,388.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Health Sciences .