| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Human Ernæring | ||||||||||||
| English Title | Nutrition Related Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen kun visse hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: 3 hour written examination - essay and multiple choice test. Vægtning: Examination 100% (of which 40% is based on the essay part and 60% on the multiple choice part). 7-trinsskala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 24. januar 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | Lectures, theoretical discussions and exercises | ||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: A | ||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||
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| The focus will be on non-communicable diseases in adults and the effect of diet/nutrient intake on these. Main topics are: Malnutrition (obesity and undernutrition); metabolic syndrome; diabetes; cardiovascular diseases; food allergies, food intolerance, osteoporosis and cancer. | |||||||||||||
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| Lectures, theoretic exercises and discussions in plenum. | |||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||
| The main objective of the course is to give the student an understanding of the relation between diet, nutrition and non-communicable diseases in adulthood. After completing the course the students should be able to: - describe the pathogenesis of the most important life style (diet/nutrients, sleep/stress and physical activity) related non-communicable diseases (i.e the metabolic syndrome, T2DM, CVD and cancer) - describe the effects of life style (diets/nutrients, physical activity) on prevention and treatment of some non-communicable diseases (including risk factors for these deceases) - explain and discuss the mechanisms behind the influence of diet/nutrients, sleep/stress and physical activity on non communicable diseases on a systemic as well as, organ, tissue and cellular level | |||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||
| Shills et al. Modern Nutrition in Health and Diseases. Tenth Edition. Course compendium which will be for sale from Academic Books, LIFE, at the beginning of the course. | |||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||
| Janne Kunchel Lorenzen, jakh@life.ku.dk, Institut for Human Ernæring/Fedme og Appetitregulering, Tlf: 353-32465 Anders Mikael Sjödin, amsj@life.ku.dk, Institut for Human Ernæring/Fedme og Appetitregulering, Tlf: 353-32537 | |||||||||||||
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