Module Details

Dietology

MS0245

Course
Dietology
Code
MS0245
Academic Year
2026/2027
Curriculum Year
2025/2026
Degree Programme
NURSING
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Credits
1
Lecture Hours
12
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/49 - Applied Dietary Sciences
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OBB - Obbligatoria
Year
2
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
VERBANIA
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents

Nutrients: proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, water.
Notes on digestion and nutrient absorption.
Food groups and a balanced diet.
Diet therapy in the treatment of the following diseases: obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Diet therapy in the most frequent pathologies: food intolerances and celiac disease, kidney failure and dialysis replacement treatments, liver disease, IBD, pancreatitis.
Diet in patient with Parkinson's disease.
Malnutrition
Nutrition in dysphagia
Artificial Nutrition: enteral nutrition and oral supplements.
Nutrition in the treatment of frailty and sarcopenia
Diet Therapy in Osteoporosis
Nutrition and tumors.
Explanations of some common diets: low-residue diets, light diets, texture-modified diets.

Reference Texts
LARN
SIO-ADI Guidelines on Obesity
Italian guidelines for nutrition n healthy people
ESH-ESC guidelines
Chronic kidney injury guidelines
SINPE guidelineson artificial nutrition
Learning Outcomes
To deepen the knowledge on the nutritional needs of patients suffering from pathologies of nutritional interest.
To Allow the learning of fundamental notions on nutritional status such as to formulate diagnoses identified by several Societies, in particular on:
-Obesity and malnutrition
- Deficiency of swallowing.
To know the basis of the prescribed dietary therapies to ensure adequate nursing care to reach the nutritional goals.
- To know the fundamentals of human nutrition. The module allows to have n implications in the professional life of the nurse, allowing a more effective management of the patient's nutritional problems and an easier interaction with the nutritionist.
Prerequisites
The student must know pathogenesis, treatment and complications of the most important pathologies.
Teaching Methods
Lectures (ppt slide, guidelines) & teamwork
Additional Information
No other information
Assessment Methods
The exam consists of a written test and an oral test.
The written test consists of clinical cases with multiple-choice questions on the topics in the program, aimed at verifying knowledge and understanding of the disciplines of Neurology, Geriatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dietetic Sciences and nursing skills in the pharmacological field.
Passing this test gives access to the oral exam of Clinical Nursing in Chronicity and Disability.
The oral exam aims to assess the autonomy of judgment, the ability to learn, the communicative ability to expose and make connections between topics. The student must be able to autonomously use diagnostic reasoning and critical thinking, using and correlating the knowledge learned, addressing the in-depth discussion on peculiar care aspects related to two situations of people with disabilities and/or chronicity.
Detailed Syllabus
Nutrients: proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, water.
Notes on digestion and nutrient absorption.
Food groups and a balanced diet.
Diet therapy in the treatment of the following diseases: obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Diet therapy in the most frequent pathologies: food intolerances and celiac disease, kidney failure and dialysis replacement treatments, liver disease, IBD, pancreatitis.
Diet in patient with Parkinson's disease.
Malnutrition
Nutrition in dysphagia
Artificial Nutrition: enteral nutrition and oral supplements.
Nutrition in the treatment of frailty and sarcopenia
Diet Therapy in Osteoporosis
Nutrition and tumors.
Explanations of some common diets: low-residue diets, light diets, texture-modified diets
Expected Learning Outcomes
The student must acquire the principles of human nutrition in many diseases, effectively manage the nutritional plan prescribed by the nutritionist and be able to interact with other professional figures.
Last update:09-09-2026 00:14:31