NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF FOOD
cod. 1005860

Academic year 2018/19
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
21 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub:
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The Knowledge acquired during the course will allow you to go into food item nutritional evaluation in more depth; in particular, macro-nutrient quality evaluation.

Prerequisites

Knowledge acquired during Human Diet and Nutrition course.

Course unit content

- Food groups;
- Parameters and Indexes for the nutritional evaluation of macronutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins)
- Nutritional evaluation of diet.

Full programme

- Food groups
- Parameters and Indexes for the nutritional evaluation of carbohydrates
- Parameters and Indexes for the nutritional evaluation of lipids
- Parameters and Indexes for the nutritional evaluation of proteins
- Nutritional evaluation of diet
- Energy Density concept
- Food sustainability
- Double Pyramid concept

Bibliography

Materials projected during lessons and downloaded from ELLY website.

Teaching methods

Classroom lessons for 3 ECTS (21 hours) during which the teacher will present a summary of the major scientific evidence on the topics of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will be a written examination with n.11 open questions. Each question is worth from 1 to 3 points. The minimum is 18 points for passing exam.

Other information

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