HYGIENE AND NUTRITIONModule NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: GIUSEPPE GROSSOExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide the essential knowledge to define the principles characterizing the qualitative aspects of the Mediterranean diet, including its inclusion in the geographical context and application in other areas and cultures. Both key foods and compounds proven to have beneficial health effects as well as aspects related to environmental sustainability will be described.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons.
Infos for students with disabilities
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.
It is also possible to contact the Department CInAP (Center for Active and Participated Integration - Services for Disabilities and / or SLD) referee, Prof.ssa Anna De Angelis.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Definition of Mediterranean diet, characteristics and variants (Mediterranean diet in the world)
Effects of the Mediterranean diet on human health
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: fruit and vegetables
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: legumes
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: cereals
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: meat (beef, pork, sheep) and fishery products
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: milk and derivatives
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: nuts
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: olive oil
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: alcohol
Components of the Mediterranean diet: fatty acids
Components of the Mediterranean diet: fiber
Components of the Mediterranean diet: antioxidant vitamins and polyphenols
Mediterranean diet and environmental sustainability
Textbook Information
Notes provided during the lectures.
Textbook: Nutrizione Umana di Rivellese, II Edizione, Idelson Gnocchi.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | please refer to the course content section | Notes provided during the lectures |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Definition of Mediterranean diet, characteristics and variants (Mediterranean diet in the world)
Effects of the Mediterranean diet on human health
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: fruit and vegetables
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: legumes
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: cereals
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: meat (beef, pork, sheep) and fishery products
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: milk and derivatives
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: nuts
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: olive oil
Foods characterizing the Mediterranean diet: alcohol
Components of the Mediterranean diet: fatty acids
Components of the Mediterranean diet: fiber
Components of the Mediterranean diet: antioxidant vitamins and polyphenols
Mediterranean diet and environmental sustainability