Nutritional Biochemistry & HumanMetabolism
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ASSESSMENT 3 BRIEF
Subject Code and Title SCIE2006 Nutritional Biochemistry & HumanMetabolism
Assessment Digital Case StudyPresentation
Individual/Group Individual
Length 8 minutes
Learning Outcomes This assessment addresses the Subject LearningOutcomes
outlined at the bottom of this document.
Submission Due by 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Module 6.1 (Week11)
Weighting 45%
Total Marks 100 marks
AssignmentTutorOnline
Context
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate your understanding and
knowledge on the topics of nutrients and neurotransmission, epigenetics and nutrigenomics by
applying them to the case scenario provided below.
Case Scenario
A 48-year-old female presents herself to you suffering from bouts of anxiety and mild depression..
She has recently being diagnosed with colon cancer and is currently under the care of an
oncologist. The client is seeking nutritional advice from you.
Instructions
1. In response to the case scenario, you are required to record an 8 minutes digitalpresentation
demonstrating your understanding of the following topics:
Nutrients and neurotransmission
Epigenetics
Nutrigenomics
2. Please cover the following concepts in your presentation:
Relevant neurotransmitter pathways and involved cofactors
Epigenetic causes of colon cancer
Nutrients and bioactive dietary compounds
3. Please create your presentation slides using PowerPoint. You could use approximately
6-8 PowerPoint slides for this 8 minutes presentation.
4. How to record a digital presentation?
The following link provides information on filming a digital presentation.
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5. Referencing
This is a research based assessment. Therefore, referencing is mandatory.
You are required to use a minimum of eight references with at least five references from
academic sources (e.g. peer-reviewed journals).
In-text citations as well as a reference list following the APA referencing style must be
included.
Please see more information on referencing here:
https://library.torrens.edu.au/academicskills/apa/tool
