Universität Wien

330096 UE Practise in Assessment of Nutritional Status (2009W)

3.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 33 - Ernährungswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 32 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.01. 13:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Tuesday 12.01. 09:00 - 13:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Thursday 14.01. 14:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Friday 15.01. 14:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Monday 18.01. 14:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Monday 25.01. 14:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Wednesday 27.01. 14:00 - 18:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1. construction of questionnaires
2. weighing food record
3. Food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ)
4. Accelerometer (Actigraph GT1M)
5. Physical Activity Frequency Questionnaire (PAFQ)
6. Data processing
- results of questionnaires (using SPSS)
- results of weighing food records (using food composition database)
7. intervention (Public Health).

Assessment and permitted materials

-presentation of the group work
-active participation during the course
-written exam on the last day of the course

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Independent planning, conducting and evaluation of empirical studies in nutrition epidemiology.

Examination topics

short theory part to the used methods

practical part (data asesssment and evaluation) in 5 groups:
1. weighing food records
2. FFQ
3. accelerometry
4. intervention
5. PAFQ

all participants:
1. construction of questionnaires, data entry
2. presentation of group work

Reading list

Principles of Nutritional Assessment, Gibson, 2005, Oxford University Press
Nutritional Epidemiology, Willett, 1998, Oxford University Press
Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology, Margetts & Nelson, 1997, Oxford University Press
Ernährungsepidemiologie, Oltersdorf, 1995, Ulmer
Vom Umgang mit Zahlen und Daten, Schneider, 1997, Umschau Zeitschriftenverlag
Statistik verstehen, Zöfel, 2000, Addison-Wesley.

Association in the course directory

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