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Syllabus 2015-16 - 75112006 - Nutrition and Health (Nutrición y salud)

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DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Avances y seguridad de los alimentos
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
COURSE: Nutrition and Health
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Nutrition and Health
CODE: 75112006 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015-16
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 2
ECTS CREDITS: 4.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: PRIETO GÓMEZ, Mª ISABEL
DEPARTMENT: U130 - CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD
FIELD OF STUDY: 410 - FISIOLOGÍA
OFFICE NO.: B3 - 245 E-MAIL: iprieto@ujaen.es P: +349532120
WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/ciesal
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-9504
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 2
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

1.-Introduction to nutrition and feeding

2.- Food digestion and absorption. Nutrients functions and requirements.

3.- Food groups and nutritional value.

4.- Food intake and body energy balance

5.-Nutrition, obesity and metabolic syndrome

6.- Nutrition and cardiovascular diseases

7.- Nutrition and diabetes

8.- Nutrition and cancer

9.- Diet assessment

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Lecture (Theory):

25 Hours

Lecture (Practice):

10 Hours 

Tutorials

5 Hours

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Theory will be evaluated with a written exam (60% total score)

Attendance to lectures (10% total score)

Attendance to practice class (15% total score)

Homework (15 % total score)

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Nutrition . Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2011.  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • Essentials of human nutrition. Edition: 4th ed.. Author: -. Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012  (Library)
  • Obesity. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Madrid [etc.] : Elsevier, cop. 2010.  (Library)
  • Nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2001.  (Library)