Principles of Dietetics
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
This course will provide students with an understanding of:
-The nutritional needs of people in the various life stages. The life cycle groups are infancy, childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation, and elderly.
- basic epidemiological concepts and application,
- Identify the nutrition as a tool for achievement of optimal health
-The nutritional needs of people in the various life stages. The life cycle groups are infancy, childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation, and elderly.
- basic epidemiological concepts and application,
- Identify the nutrition as a tool for achievement of optimal health
Expected learning outcomes
The student will develop critical thinking skills in relation to the principles of dietetics, in order to favorably affect food consumption habits of people
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
· The Mediterranean diet: effects in the modulation of diet-related diseases.
· The vegetarian diet: advantages and limitations and effects on the modulation of diet-related diseases.
· Specific dietary protocols: low-carb diets (Atkins Dukan etc), ketogenic diets and the alkaline diet.
· Personalized nutrition: meaning and scientific evidence, what development?
· Athlete nutrition: energy metabolism in physical activity and consequent nutrient needs with particular attention to the quality and quantity of protein and carbohydrate intake
· Obesity: epidemiology and role of nutrition in maintaining the state of health and/or prevention of the disease.
· Nutrition and cancer risk: bioactive compounds of food origin with preventive action against some tumors.
· The vegetarian diet: advantages and limitations and effects on the modulation of diet-related diseases.
· Specific dietary protocols: low-carb diets (Atkins Dukan etc), ketogenic diets and the alkaline diet.
· Personalized nutrition: meaning and scientific evidence, what development?
· Athlete nutrition: energy metabolism in physical activity and consequent nutrient needs with particular attention to the quality and quantity of protein and carbohydrate intake
· Obesity: epidemiology and role of nutrition in maintaining the state of health and/or prevention of the disease.
· Nutrition and cancer risk: bioactive compounds of food origin with preventive action against some tumors.
Prerequisites for admission
The knowledge needed to follow the program is that acquired in the first years of the Degree Course in Herbal Science and Technology, particularly in physiology, chemistry and biochemistry.
Teaching methods
The course will be held with two-hour lectures in which periods of description of the established topic will alternate with periods of discussion with the students aimed at deepening aspects of interest to the students. Students will be able to use the powerpoint lessons that will be available on myAriel. Categories such as working students will be able to request additional materials from the teacher (such as recordings of the lessons).
Teaching Resources
Suggested textbook:
Alimentazione, nutrizione e salute. Debellis e Poli Edises Università
Alimentazione, nutrizione e salute. Debellis e Poli Edises Università
Assessment methods and Criteria
The learning assessment will be carried out by testing the student's integration skills; it will not be a test of a notional nature but rather a discussion in which the student, starting from a topic of his/her choice, will discuss the implications of that subject in the context of the entire program.
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