Learning outcomes
Aims: the aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge in food and human nutrition through the principles of Dietetics and clinical nutrition in prevention and management of medical nutrition therapy. Specifically:
-learn about the physiological, dietary and nutrition-specific guidelines for a balanced diet
-acquire the expertise to assess the State of nutrition on different population groups
-acquire expertise in Dietetics applied to risk or pathological conditions
Course contents
1. Expenditure and energy balance, energy requirements
2. Physiological diet in adulthood (dietary guidelines/LARN)
3. Food groups and food pyramid
4. Assessment of Nutritional Status in adults
5. Obesity and diet therapy
6. Metabolic Syndrome (diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension) and diet therapy
7. Nutritional approach to Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Diseases
8. Eating Disorders and clinical nutrition approach
9. Neurodegenerative disease
10. Nutritiont and Cancer
Reccomended or required readings
Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana, SINU. Livelli di Assunzione di Riferimento di Nutrienti ed energia per la popolazione italiana, IV revisione. Milano: SICS Editore, 2014.
ME Barasi “Nutrizione e Salute” Edizione italiana aggiornata a cura di H Cena, G Turconi, A Tagliabue. Edizioni Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali, Roma, 2003.
Cannella - Mariani Costantini - Tomassi “Alimentazione e nutrizione umana” Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Roma, III ed. 2016.
LK Mahan, S Escott-Stump “Krause’s Food and Nutrition Therapy” Saunders Elsevier Canada, 12th Edition, 2008.
G Fatati . “Dietitica e Nutrizione: Clinica, Terapia e Organizzazione” Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Roma, 2007.
U Leuzzi, E Bellocco, D Barreca “Biochimica della Nutrizione” Zanicheli Editrice, Bologna 2013.
Lisa Hark, Darwin Deen, Gail Morrison “Medical Nutrition and Disease: A case-based Approach” 5th Edition, October 2014, ©2014, Wiley-Blackwell