Childrens Food and Eating: Biological and Social Perspectives
Syllabus, Master's level, 2HK071
- Code
- 2HK071
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
- Finalised by
- The Department Board, 13 September 2017
- Responsible department
- Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
Entry requirements
A bachelor's degree (180 credits) within social sciences or public health and caring sciences or at least 180 credits within Teacher Education programmes, including Home and Consumer Studies (60 credits) or equivalent.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
• Summarise and evaluate the importance of biological and social factors for children’s and adolescents’ health in
relation to food.
• Describe how children's and adolescents’ eating is influenced by the environment, including the behaviour of actors around them such as parents and staff. Specifically focus on factors influencing children's appetite and hunger.
• Identify and select effective methods to promote healthy eating with focus on underweight or overweight in
children and adolescents.
• Discuss and critically analyse research methods applied in studies involving children and adolescents.
Content
The course provides an opportunity to deepen the knowledge about food and eating during childhood and adolescence. The focus is on food and eating at venues where children and adolescents are during childhood and adolescence, such as home, preschool and school. Hot topics about children's and adolescents’ eating, such as the conditions of being underweight and overweight, are addressed both from a social and medical perspective. Biological, social and environmental factors related to health and disease are identified and a range of health promotion and disease prevention strategies are discussed.
Instruction
Instruction consists of lectures, seminars and individual tasks.
Assessment
Oral and written presentations. To pass the course, the student must be deemed approved for all mandatory course components - submitted or completed all mandatory tasks or assignments and actively participated in presentations and seminars. For the grade Pass with distinction in the course, the student must demonstrate particularly strong ability to problematise from different perspectives, analyse, make connections and be able to defend and discuss their positions.