Course: Nutrition

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Course title Nutrition
Course code OSE/FZV03
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction English
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kašparová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Main topics: Energetic and biological value of food. Nutrition during individual lifespan. Dietary system. Enteral nutrition. Parenteral nutrition. Obesity. Malnutrition. Cultural differences in nutrition.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as theoretical and practical. It will provide students with knowledge and practical skills in the field of nutrition. It will cover nutrition during individual lifespan and nutritional recommendations regarding specific diseases. It will inform about enteral and parenteral bypassing the usual process of eating, about dietary system in the hospital facility as well as cultural differences in nutrition. The course is taught in English. The condition for the course to run is a minimum of two enrolled students.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation, fulfillment of assigned tasks and completing credit requirements.
Recommended literature
  • DEBRUYNE, Linda Kelly a Kathryn PINNA. (2019). Nutrition for Health and Health Care (MindTap Course List). Cengage Learning.
  • FRISANCHO, A. Roberto. (1990). Anthropometric standards for the assessment of growth and nutritional statusn. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  • INSEL, Paul M., R. Elaine TURNER a Don ROSS. (2010). Discovering nutrition. Mass.: Jones and Bartlett.
  • MANN, Jim a A. Stewart TRUSWELL, ed. (2010). Essentials of human nutrition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • MECHANICK, Jeffrey I. a Elise M. BRETT, ed. (2010). The complete guide to lifelong nutrition. ACE.
  • PAPAS, Andreas M., ed. (1999). Antioxidant status, diet, nutrition, and health. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
  • VARRÓ, Vince, T. VARKONYI a P. V. VÉGHELYI. (1988). Absorption and malabsorption: clinical aspects. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.


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