LIFESTYLE, NUTRITION AND HEALTH DURING LIFESPAN
Stampa
Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic year
2022/2023
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
MED/49 (APPLIED DIETARY SCIENCES )
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Course
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Curriculum
Medico: Biotecnologie mediche e ricerca biomedica
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (06/03/2023 - 09/06/2023)
ECTS
1
Lesson hours
8 lesson hours
Language
English
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
CENA HELLAS (titolare) - 1 ECTS
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
The program of this course is aimed at students who wish to acquire knowledge in nutrition, lifestyle and wellbeing with a key emphasis on sustainable diet. In particular, the learning outcomes will be:
• Basic knowledge of the link between lifestyle and nutrition with health and wellbeing
• Intergenerational link of eating habits and behaviour and health and disease
• Sustainable healthy dietary patterns for prevention of Non Communicable Diseases
Course contents
1. Lifestyle, nutrition and health to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases;
2. Sustainable healthy dietary patterns;
3. Nutrition and lifestyle in childhood;
4. Obesity; Excessive weight gain: Symptoms, Signs, Causes & Treatment
5. Eating behaviours and disturbances;
6. Lifestyle and healthy dietary patterns in young adults: the HOLISTic project;
7. Nutrition to prevent cancer;
8. Healthy ageing: the Food NET project.
Teaching methods
The teaching uses lectures through the use of PowerPoint lessons, videos and in-depth material (publications in indexed journals, guidelines of the main national and international scientific societies), made available to students in the section dedicated to teaching on the KIRO moodle platform.
Reccomended or required readings
Material provided by the teachers at each lesson.
Assessment methods
Learning is verified through:
i) Ongoing self-assessment test (optional)
ii) Final written exam, consisting of multiple-choice questions and "open" questions.
Further information
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Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
The course fits with SDG 3 ("Good Health and well-being"). Investments to improve nutrition and health, focusing on increasing nutritional knowledge and raising awareness of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, are crucial. Today, lifestyle habits, including the interactions between nutrition and health, as parts of the ageing process, are extensively studied from a scientific and clinical perspective; eating habits and eating behaviours are recognized as important modifiable factors that can help achieve and maintain health throughout life. Epidemiological evidence suggests that optimal nutrition plays a beneficial role in healthy ageing and age-related disorders, also called non-communicable diseases, including cardiometabolic, neurodegenerative and cancer diseases.
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