Course: The current trends in nutrition in children, adults and seniors

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Course title The current trends in nutrition in children, adults and seniors
Course code KAZ/NVDSQ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cichá Martina, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zbořilová Ludmila, Mgr.
  • Hřivnová Michaela, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The current issue of nutrition of the population of the Czech Republic with regard to the various population groups. Conventional and alternative forms of catering. Nutrition and health. Daily eating regime with regard to age, sex and professional traits. Nutritional and quality standards in children aged toddler and preschool age. Nutritional requirements for children younger and older school age. Nutrition for adolescent girls and boys with regard to lifestyle and physical activity. Nutritional needs of the adult population with respect to gender, profession and lifestyle. Nutritional issues for people in old age. Qualitative and quantitative nutritional requirements of athletes. Diet for selected types of diseases (DM, celiac disease, phenylketonuria, allergies) diet system in medical institutions. Nutrition in difficult conditions - demands for enteral and parenteral nutrition. Dietary supplements, their outline, meaning indications and contraindications for use. Advertising and nutrition. Alimentary infections. Culinary food preparation. General classification and traditional food.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 4 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should be able to: - explain basic terminology (nutrition, diet, food, foodstuff, food etc.) - define the principles of optimal nutrition and eating according to current dietary recommendations, - describe conventional and alternative forms of eating in our and foreign countries - assess the quantitative and qualitative demands on nutrition during ontogenetic development and in specific population groups (pregnant and lactating women, athletes, etc.) - explain etiopathogenesis, therapy, and in particular the prevention of eating disorders, and in other diseases linked to food (allergies, celiac disease, diabetes, lifestyle diseases, foodborne infections) - defining principle meals in healthcare facilities.
Student knows the objectives set out in
Prerequisites
completion of discipline NKRZQ

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Seminar Work

The student solves a task on an assigned topic within the range of 5 to 10 A4 pages and delivered in the LMS Unifor least a week before granting the colloquium. Check tutor is required.
Recommended literature
  • www.anabell.cz.
  • www.fzv.cz.
  • www.spolvyziva.cz.
  • www.stob.cz.
  • www.vyzivadeti.cz.
  • DYLEVSKÝ, I. (2000). Somatologie. Olomouc: EPAVA, 2000. 480 s.. Epava, Olomouc.
  • Fořt, P. (2000). Moderní výživa pro děti. Praha: Metramedia.
  • Fořt, P. (2001). Moderní výživa v praxi - pro těhotné, kojící ženy a děti. Praha: Metramedia.
  • GREGORA, M. Výživa malých dětí. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2004, 96 s. ISBN 80-247-0270-3.
  • Hronek, M. (2004). Výživa ženy v obdobích těhotenství a kojení. Praha: Maxdorf.
  • Hřivnová, M. (2010). Stěžejní aspekty výchovy ke zdraví. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Hřivnová, M. (2014). Základní aspekty výživy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Illková, O., Daňková, Z., & Nečasová, L. (2005). Zdravá výživa malých dětí. Praha: Portál.
  • Kejvalová, L. (2012). Výživa dětí od A do Z. Praha: Vyšehrad.
  • Klimešová, I., & Stelzer, J. (2013). Fyziologie výživy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Kunová V. (2005). Zdravá výživa a hubnutí. Praha.
  • Kunová, V. (2011). Zdravá výživa. Praha: Grada.
  • Pánek, J. (2002). Základy výživy. Svoboda servis, Praha.
  • Vilikus, Z. (2013). Výživa sportovců a sportovní výkon. Praha: Karolinum.


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