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2e - Health and Social Behaviour

Health and Social Behaviour Index

Author: Hannah Pheasant, Sally Cartwright, Rebecca Nunn

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  • Principles of nutrition, nutritional surveillance and assessment in specific populations including its short and long term effects
  • The influence of malnutrition in disease aetiology, pregnancy, and in growth and development
  • Markers of nutritional status, nutrition and food
  • The basis for nutritional interventions and assessment of their impact
  • Social, behavioural and other determinants of the choice of diet
  • Dietary Reference Values (DRVs), current dietary goals, recommendations, guidelines and the evidence for them
  • The effects on health of different diets (e.g. 'Western' diet)
  • Physical activity
  • Alcohol
  • Drugs
  • Smoking
  • Sexual behaviour
  • Sun exposure
  • Combating complex problems using a wide range of approaches, including health service interventions and broader cultural interventions
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