Module Details

Impact of diet on human health: Nutrition in internal medicine: implications for health and disease

MF0347

Course
Impact of diet on human health: Nutrition in internal medicine: implications for health and disease
Code
MF0347
Academic Year
2023/2024
Curriculum Year
2022/2023
Degree Programme
FOOD HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
2
Lecture Hours
16
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/09 - Internal Medicine
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
2
Teaching period
Primo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
English
Course Contents
The course aims to:
- illustrate the most common syndromes in the general population;
- identify subjects requiring a nutritional consultation;
- to evaluate the best nutritional intervention.
Reference Texts
European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) guidelines
Learning Outcomes
-To identify clinical characteristics suggesting the presence of pathology in a subject who refers to a nutritional consultation;
- to identify the best dietary treatment.
Prerequisites
Body composition and balanced diet
Teaching Methods
lessons
Assessment Methods
Written test
Detailed Syllabus
- impact of diet on human health
- hypertension and DASH diet
- fatty liver disease
- cirrhosis
- chronic kidney disease
- unintentional weight loss
- chronic abdominal pain (IBD vs IBD and low FODMAP diet)
- celiac disease
- VLCKD
Expected Learning Outcomes
- To understand the information by medical history;
-to identify subjects needing nutritional assessment;
- to identify the most appropriate dietary plan.
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