PE4S320 - Clinical Applications in Sports Nutrition 01 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2031 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PE4S320
Module Title: Clinical Applications in Sports Nutrition
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Allied Health and Chiropractic
Faculty Sub Group: Clinical Services
Module Leader: Karl New
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: MAR 2026 Final Year of Intake: 2028
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100260 - healthcare science
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 0
Valid From 01 Aug 2025
Valid To 31 Aug 2031

Module Aims

This module develops clinical competencies and perspectives in sports nutrition, enabling students to assess, design and implement evidence-based nutritional interventions for diverse populations, with particular focus on managing common medical conditions within specific groups of the sports/fitness subjects, and optimising nutrition across different physiological states and recovery scenarios.

Content Summary

Indicative content to include topics outlined below and/or any other relevant current topics to fulfil the module aims and learning outcomes.

Topics may include:

 

Nutritional Assessment and Care Planning in Athletes

Managing Medical Conditions in Athletic Populations

Female Athlete Considerations and RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport)

Performance Nutrition for Different Body Compositions

Ageing Athletes and Masters Sports Nutrition

Injury Recovery and Rehabilitation Nutrition

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Seminars 40
Independent Study 80
Direct Study (including online independent learning) 40
Problem/Challenge-based Learning 40
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Integrate and critically evaluate physiological, clinical, and nutritional data to develop comprehensive care plans that address health and recovery goals in athletic populations with varying medical conditions, within the learner’s scope of professional practice.
LO2 Design and justify evidence-based nutrition interventions tailored to diverse athlete populations, considering physiological and performance-related factors related to the learner’s scope of practice.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 A purposeful compilation of student work that demonstrates effort, progress and achievement aligned to one or more themes. The output being one final portfolio of work with one mark awarded. 0 4000 70 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Project 1 A detailed analysis of a topic, with an associated word count, involving some original research undertaken by the candidate who makes use of data and/or primary sources. 0 1000 30 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Portfolio 1
Project 1

Reading List

The module reading list is available to the students to access via electronic links on the learning platform (Moodle).

In addition to the list below, each list is supplemented with up-to-date peer-reviewed journal articles and studies that are continually refreshed as guidelines change and new treatments and technologies emerge.

Additional reading resources are also provided where relevant by the tutors during the running of the module in the discussion forum to keep the reading resources current and relevant.

 Core

Hawley, J.A., Hargreaves, M., Joyner, M.J. and Zierath, J.R. (2014) ‘Integrative biology of exercise’, Cell, 159(4), pp.738-749.

McArdle, W. D., Katch, F.I., Katch, V. L. (2023) Exercise Physiology: Nutrition , Energy and Human Performance. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Wolter Kluwers.

Module specific

Burke L, Slater GJ, Matthews JJ, et al. Expert Consensus Statement on Weight Loss in Weight-Category Sports. Current Sports Medicine Reports.2021:20(4):199-217.

Kerksick, C.M., Wilborn, C.D., Roberts, M.D., Smith-Ryan, A., Kleiner, S.M., Jäger, R., Collins, R., Cooke, M., Davis, J.N., Galvan, E. and Greenwood, M. (2018) ‘ISSN exercise & sports nutrition review update: research & recommendations’, Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 15(1), p.38.

Mountjoy M, Ackerman KE, Bailey DM, et al. (2023) International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). British Journal of Sports Medicine/ 2023;57:1073-1098.

Papadopoulou, S. K. (2020) Rehabilitation Nutrition for Injury Recovery of Athletes: The Role of Macronutrient Intake. Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2449.

Smith-Ryan, A. E., Hirsch, K. R., Saylor, H. E., Gould, L. M., Blue, M. N. M. (2020) Nutritional Considerations and Strategies to Facilitate Injury Recovery and Rehabilitation.J Athl Train (2020) 55 (9): 918–930.

Thomas, D. T., Erdman, K. A., & Burke, L. M. (2016). Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine: Nutrition and Athletic Performance. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(3), 501-528.