Aims of the present course are: To understand the basis of applied human nutritional sciences. To know the evaluation of nutritional status and the nutrition therapy of subjects and patients with different physiological and pathological states
Prerequisites
Human physiology; Applied biochemical sciences; Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology
Teaching Methods
Class lessons; training lessons
Further information
None
Type of Assessment
Oral examination during which knowledge of students will be evaluated
Course program
Nutritional epidemiology: guidelines and recommended intake levels
• Evidence-based Nutrition
• Assessment of nutritional status
• Methods of evaluation of eating behavior
• Setting of a dietary pattern
• Comparison between models of dietary patterns
• Mediterranean Diet: origins and benefits
• The vegetarian diets
• Nutrition in the child
• Nutrition and Sport
• Nutrition during pregnancy