DIETOTERAPIA NELLE DIVERSE FASI DELLA VITAModule SCIENZE TECNICHE E DIETETICHE APPLICATE
Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: WALTER CURRENTIExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to know and understand nutritional requirements and the main physiological and metabolic changes characterising the different stages of life, with particular reference to childhood and adolescence, adulthood, older age, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Students will also acquire knowledge of the nutritional principles required to adapt dietary intake to the specific needs of the different conditions considered.
Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to the assessment of nutritional requirements throughout the different stages of life and to develop appropriate dietary interventions and meal plans according to the specific physiological and nutritional characteristics of the individual.
Making judgements
Students will be able to critically assess individual nutritional requirements by integrating information concerning the stage of life, nutritional status and individual characteristics, in order to identify appropriate dietary strategies.
Communication skills
Students will be able to describe and discuss the main nutritional issues related to the different stages of life using appropriate scientific terminology and to communicate nutritional recommendations clearly and effectively.
Learning skills
Students will be able to independently further their knowledge of nutrition throughout the different stages of life by consulting textbooks, guidelines and scientific literature, developing the ability to continuously update their knowledge.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons.
To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with the actual regulation, students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan compensatory and / or dispensatory requests, based on the didactic objectives and specific needs.
Required Prerequisites
Students should know the basic principles of human nutrition, the role of macro- and micronutrients, and the relation between the major food groups and human healthas well as having already studied the needs at a theoretical level in the various stages of life
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
- drafting a diet according to the LARN
- drafting a pregnancy diet
- drafting a diet for a woman with gestational diabetes and obesity
- drafting a breastfeeding diet
- drafting of a diet in pediatrics
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
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| 1 | Material and slides provided by the docent during the lesson |