Food and Nutrition (TASC Level 3)

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Food and Nutrition (TASC Level 3) - An Introduction

Food and Nutrition provides a broad study of food issues which have ongoing relevance to individuals and community health and wellbeing

The knowledge, skills and attitudes gained during the course will have applications in, and benefits for, academic, vocational and general life experiences. Students will learn to analyse and draw evidence-based conclusions in response to nutrition and food information, food advertising and current dietary trends.

TASC. Food and Nutrition. Level 3, FDN315118, 2020.

Course information for TASC Food and Nutrition level 3 can be found here.

Investigation Project (IPs): When undertaking any investigation project, independent study, research or literature review you must allow yourself enough time to search for and locate the material you will need. To help you a booking sheet is kept at the Library desk where you may book an individual time with one of the Library staff when commencing any research for Food and Nutrition.

Library Resources
AV Resources
Web Resources

Library Resources

On our shelves

The Library catalogue is a powerful searching tool. Use a basic keyword search to get you quickly to the resources you will find on our shelves.

Start with some of these basic keyword terms:

eBooks

Issues in Society [Hard copies of Issues in Society can be found on the Library shelves]

Reference resources

On the shelves

General encyclopedia

  • The World Book

Subject reference titles

There is a range of single volume reference tools you can use in the area of Food and Nutrition. For example:

Magazines

The Library and Technology Faculty subscribe to a variety of magazines which you may find useful:

AV Resources

The Library has a wide range of AV material on DVD and as digital movies that can be located by searching on the Library catalogue. Please find below a list of suggested resources, ask in the AV office for extended help.

ClickView

DVD

Web Resources

Be careful what you download and use from the Internet.

Before using information from a web address ensure you are looking at a publication from a legitimate source. Material from the Internet often does not acknowledge the author or creator, does not cite references or footnotes, or include any type of bibliography or reference list. Use this type of material with caution. As part of your research process you need to sort out the reliable sources from the less trustworthy sites.

If in doubt always check with your teacher. For further information read the Library Fact Sheet Evaluating Information from the Web.

General

Diet

Food sociology

Health promotion

Not-for-profit

Health research organisations

Health promotion campaigns

Global food issues

Referencing advice: TASC and your teachers at St Patrick's College expect you to present your work with citations and a reference list in the Harvard style for Food and Nutrition. Go to the Library's Referencing Guidelines for extended help in this area. The Library staff are always happy to help you with any queries you may have in regard to referencing requirements for any research you are undertaking.

Faculty resources: All material purchased by the HASS Faculty are also available for student use if it is not required by teachers. Many of these resources are shelved separately in the Library and may be found by using the Library catalogue. You may need to ask Library staff to bring you some titles.

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Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease, is any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels. Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of health problems and death in developed countries. Life depends on the functioning of the heart; thus, the heart is involved in all death, but this does not account for its prominence in causing death.

To some degree, as medical science advances, more people are saved from other illnesses only to die from one of the unsolved and uncontrolled disorders of the cardiovascular system. Some forms of cardiovascular diseases are becoming less frequent causes of death, and continued research and preventive measures may provide even greater benefits. 

Britannica, 2015.

Library Resources
Web Resources

Library Resources

Use the Library catalogue to being your research on cardiovascular disease.

On the shelves

eBooks

Issues in Society

Reference Resources

General Encyclopedia

  • World Book Encyclopedia

Subject Encyclopedia

  • Human Diseases and Conditions, Vol. 2, pp.416-425. 616.003 HUM
  • The Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Family Health, Volume 3, pp.655-666. 613.03 MAR

Web Resources

General

Exercise and heart disease

Heart disease and food

Risk factors

Article Index