Measurement methods 1: Diet and physical activity

Education facts

Code: IKA301

<p><h2>Overall goal</h2> <p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">Gain deeper understanding and practical skills in performing and evaluating measurement of diet, food habits and physical activity.</p> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul> <li>Theoretical lectures for understanding and training in critical thinking concerning methodological use of different subjective and objective methods and analysing techniques.</li> <li>Practical experiments to design and perform measurements and to evaluate reliability, validity and usability of different methods.</li> <li>Presentation seminars to debate and evaluate outcomes of the practical experiments, as well as to train in scientific argumentation and critical thinking.</li> <li>Skill training in using measurement devices, methods, softwares, creating datasets, searching databases and reading scientific papers.</li> </ul></p>

Entry requirements

Bachelor degree in sport science, food and nutrition, nutrition, medicine, nursing, physiotherapy or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Measurement methods 1: Diet and physical activity

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 2 September 2024

  End date: 4 November 2024

  Pace of study: 50 %