NUTR1023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Omega-3 Fatty Acid, National Health And Medical Research Council, Inuit Diet

• School: UQ
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR1023
• Professor: Michael Leveritt

Document Summary

Homeostasis - the physiological process by which the internal systems of the body are maintained at equilibrium, despite variations in external conditions. Mechanistic reaction: highly controlled experiments that use cell cultures or animal models, explain how the isolated compounds in food can act on physiological and biochemical processes, explains natural processes in physical or deterministic terms. Observational studies: stronger than mechanistic research because they are more directly related to the consumption of food and measurements of human health, less controlled than a laboratory setting, it measures something from an existing population. Randomised controlled trials: best evidence for cause and e ect relationship, randomly allocating participants into di erent intervention groups, including a control" or comparison" group in order to judge the e ects of the intervention. Investigate common characteristics that contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease (cvd) over a long period of time. How genetic variation a ects nutrition absorption, tolerance, requirements etc.