| Responsible Department | Department of Human Nutrition | ||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Written Exam in Lecturehall Some Aid allowed Some aids allowed (course literature) for the essay part. No aids allowed for the multiple choice part. Description of Examination: 3 hour written examination - essay and multiple choice test. Weight: Examination 100% (of which 40% is based on the essay part and 60% on the multiple choice part). 7-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 24 January 2013 | ||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, theoretical discussions and exercises | ||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| Lectures, theoretic exercises and discussions in plenum. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Janne Kunchel Lorenzen, jakh@life.ku.dk, Department of Human Nutrition/Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Appetite a, Phone: 353-32465 Anders Mikael Sjödin, amsj@life.ku.dk, Department of Human Nutrition/Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Appetite a, Phone: 353-32537 | |||||||||||||
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