Ateneo - UPO

Monitoring of body energy status. Nutrition and feeding. Food and nutrients. Human metabolism and Body composition and its evaluation
Physiology of the gastro intestinal tract: motility, secretion and absorption
Feeding behavior
Nutrients, food and nutraceuticals
Proteins, glycides and lipids: intake, digestion and absorption
Ethanol metabolism
Vitamins and salts
Mediterranean diet
Pathologies food-linked
Nutrigenomics

Alimentazione, Nutrizione e Salute L. Debellis e A. Poli EdiSES

General view of food intake and nutrition problems. Handling of food by the digestive tract
Problems derived from uncorrected nutrition
Importance and relevance of macro and micronutrients.
At the end of this teaching course the student should know the main principles of feeding and the pathways our body uses to extract and use the nutrients. The ones who will be Nutritional Biologists should have the physiological basis to plan diets for different kinds of life

Knowledge of General Biochemistry
Knowledge of Organic Chemistry
Correct scientific language. Synthesis capability in written exposure

Frontal lessons. Examples of possible diet models

check preparation level on the way

The written test will be of three hours. It will be evaluated the ability to apply all the learned topics of the course. The test consists of 5 or 6 questions on the following items:
!. Metabolism, body composition and its evaluation
2. Digestive system motility
3. Secretory processes in digestive tract
4.Digestion of macronutrients and their absorption
5. Ethanol metabolism or mediterranean diet or food-linked pathologies or nutraceuticals and addictives or nutrigenomics
6. Vitamins and minerals
The difficulty will be coeherent with the proposed program and to the materials posted on DIR platform. Each question, without mistakes, will be evaluated 6 or 5 points up to 30/30. The test will be passed with a score not inferior to 18/30
The use of books, notes or other is forbidden. The laude will be conferred just for all questions without mistakes and for questions characterized by synthesis and full developing of the question
The test will be cancelled in case of copying

Metabolism
Nervous control of feeding
Obesity risks
Nutrients and food
Feed additives
Nutraceuticals
Chemical senses and the digestive system
Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
Ethanol
Vitamins and salts
Feed-linked pathologies

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS: good knowledge on nutrients, their food origins, processing in the human body, acquisition of basic concepts on foods, essential nutrients, body composition measurements and skill in correct and scientific language
KNOWELEDGE AND APPLIED COMPREHENSION SKILLS: identification of basic topics for a balanced human nutrition, skills in understanding metabolic requirements
COMUNICATION SKILLS: improving of scientific language
Use of slides and books of DIR in order to develop a critical and rationale autonomous study of the subject