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Food behavior (3 cr)

Code: CA00CX28-3002

General information


Enrollment

22.04.2024 - 01.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 27.04.2025

Credits

3 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Food and Hospitality

Teachers

  • Kaija Nissinen
  • Leena Arjanne

Student groups

  • RESTO22
  • MRESTO23
    Degree Programme in Food and Hospitality, Part-time studies

Objective

Student can explain and argue why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give examples of psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study and compare features of food environment and evaluate their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.

Content

Food behavior from psychological, physiological, social and public healt perspectives
Observing good service as a food environment

Materials

Will be announced in the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

On-line learning, lectures, guided exercises

Student workload

Work amount 81 h
- lectures approximately 20 h
- independent working approximately 60 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student can explain why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to name features of food environment and its significance on food behavior. (S)he can name nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student can explain and argue why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give examples of psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study and compare features of food environment and evaluate their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student can explain and argue holistically why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give in many ways examples of psychological, physiological, social and other envoronmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study, compare and improve features of food environments when evaluating their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and elaborate ways to achieve aims.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam., learning diary, assignments

Further information

Course is held in english if necessary