Title: Unit 2 Lessons
Course: Human Nutrition and Dietetics > Section: UNIT 2: NUTRIENTS-MACRONUTRIENTS

LEARNING RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES

1.   Read chapter 1 on Macronutrients from this e-book (click on the link)

2.   watch this video on the digestion and absorption of macronutrients.

TASK 2.1

- After you have read chapter 1 on Macronutrients from the e-book provided, make notes and describe the types, sources and functions of macronutrients.
- Identify 3-4 colleagues you can work with to prepare for the class presentation .This should be completed before the face-to-face lecture where you will present to the class.

TASK 2.2

After you have watched the video on the digestion and absorption of macronutrients.

- i.  With your group members write a brief summary explaining the digestion process and absorption of nutrients
- ii.  Post your written summary on the discussion forum of WA2:2.

TASK 2.3

Carefully read this Case study and answer the questions that follow;

Aster is a one-year-old girl who was brought to your health post by her mother, with a complaint of body swelling and poor appetite for one month. Upon anthropometric assessment her weight-for-height was less than 3 SD and on examination, she has bilateral pitting oedema.

1. What is the nutritional problem Aster is suffering from?

2. what are the indicators of this nutritional problem?

Optional Activity

Read this journal article and in less than 250 words, summarize the importance of dietary protein quality in malnutrition.