Duration
18h Th
Number of credits
| Master in agricultural bioengineering, professional focus | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in bioengineering: chemistry and bio-industries, professional focus | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course addresses aspects related to metabolism, food composition, nutritional needs, the regulation of food intake and the link between nutrition and health.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Provide students with basic training in human nutrition. At the end of the course, the student must be able to understand the links between food composition, nutrition and health. The student will be able to understand macro- and micronutrient requirements.
Specific topics such as metabolic diseases and the impact of dietary deficiencies in some minerals and vitamins will be covered.
Students will be required to study the impact of diets on health and evaluate their potential benefits or harmful effects.
In general, at the end of the course, the student must have the ability to:
. Synthesize and critically analyze based on sources of information, one's nutritional habits and be able to communicate it in a report format.
. Formulate a diet taking into account the different nutritional constraints and health constraints.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Concepts of human digestive physiology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
+/- 18 hours of theory
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face-to-face
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Powerpoint of the lectures (in english)
Recommended books:
Introduction to nutrition and metabolism, David A. Bender (CRC Press)
Human Nutrition, Catherine Geissler and Hilary Powers (Elsevier)
Nutrition, P. Insel, R.E. Turner, D. Ross (Jones and Bartlett Pubishers)
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
First session: Oral exam (70%); Second session: Oral exam (70%)
Group work (compulsory; 30%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is divided into two parts: theory and group works
Contacts
jerome.bindellet@uliege.be