For students attending the course Nutrition and disease – treatment and clinical aspects (10 credits) course code 4NT004
This course deals with the importance of diet for individuals suffering from the global non-communicable diseases (heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease etc).
Syllabus
Introduction to the course
During the course, the different non-communicable diseases (NCD's) are discussed considering different aspects of relevance when providing nutrition therapy to individuals, such as physiological mechanisms, psycho-social, cultural and economic factors, including global aspects. The understanding of the scientific evidence for nutrition therapy of disease is emphasised.
This course consists of seminars, group work, discussion of clinical cases, workshops, lectures, individual assignments and discussions and providing feedback on fellow-student´s group work. The examination consists of seminars and an individual written assignment.
Course analysis
Contacts
Carla Avesani
Course leaderSara Bruce
Educational administratorMore material and links to resources
Reports, articles and other prescribed literature are listed at course start and will be available electronically.
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