FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | University of Parma

Professor: Francesca SCAZZINA
Academic discipline: Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field: A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity: Student's choice

21 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

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Learning objectives

The student will learn the basics of the association between diet and health, with a specific focus on nutrition-associated diseases, the mechanisms explaining this relation and the methods for its assessment.

Prerequisites

Basics of human nutrition.

Course unit content

- Dietary regimes
- Hunger and satiety
- Nutrition-associated diseases
- Nutritional surveillance

Full programme

- Dietary regimes
Vegetarianism
Dietary intolerance
Trendy diets (low carbs, Zone...)

- Hunger and satiety
Endocrine signalling
Nutrients
Measures

- Nutrition-associated diseases
Overnutrition diseases
Undernutrition-diseases
Allergies and intolerances
Nutrition-related behavioral disorders.

- Nutritional surveillance
Strategies and methods to measure food intake
Nutritional epidemiology

Bibliography

- Alimentazione e nutrizione umana - Il pensiero scientifico editore

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

President of the degree course

Prof.ssa Claudia Folli

claudia.folli@unipr .it

Faculty advisor

Prof.ssa Marilena Musci
E. marilena.musci@unipr.it

Tutor professor

Prof.ssa Valentina Bernini
E. valentina.bernini@unipr.it

Erasmus delegate

Prof.ssa Barbara Prandi
barbara.prandi@unipr.it

Career guidance delegates

prof. Francesca Bot
E. francesca.bot@unipr.it

Internships

prof. Pedro Miguel Mena Parreno
E. pedromiguel.menaparreno@unipr.it

NUTRITION AND HEALTH cod. 1005861