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NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Mario Felice TECCE NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

0760100028
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACY
2016/2017

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
MARIO FELICE TECCE T Curriculum
Objectives
STUDENTS COMPLETING THIS COURSE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE:
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF THE NUTRITIONAL PROCESS: DIGESTION OF FOOD PRINCIPLES, NUTRIENTS ADSORPTION AND THEIR UTILIZATION WITHIN METABOLISM;
EVALUATION ABILITY OF BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FOOD INTAKE AND METABOLIC PATHWAYS INVOLVED IN NUTRIENTS UTILIZATION;
KNOWLEDGE OF MAIN ISSUES ABOUT PATHOLOGICAL SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS.
Prerequisites
TO OBTAIN A GOOD COMPREHENSION AND ACQUISITION OF THE ARGUMENTS COVERED IN THE COURSE, A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MAIN ARGUMENTS OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY IS REQUIRED.
Contents
BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NUTRITION. ADEQUATE NUTRITION. EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS. FOOD AND ITS NUTRITIONAL VALUE: USE OF ALIMENT COMPOSITION TABLES. RECOMMENDED ENERGY INTAKES. ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES. GUIDELINES FOR A HEALTHY DIET. EVALUATION OF EATING HABITS. GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE FORMULATION OF DIETARY PATTERNS. DIGESTION, ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS AND LIPIDS. FOOD AND MOLECULAR SPECIES PRESENT IN FOODS: THE MAIN NUTRIENTS. ENERGETIC NUTRIENTS AND STRUCTURAL NUTRIENT. ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS. CHEMOPREVENTIVE AND BIOACTIVE NUTRIENTS. CALORIC VALUE OF FOOD; ENERGY NEEDS. THE NUTRIENTS AND FOODS: UTILIZATION OF NUTRIENTS FROM FOOD. ETHANOL AND NUTRITION. ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS: INORGANIC NUTRIENTS, WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS, FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS. NUTRITION AND HEALTH. FOODS DERIVED FROM TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, INTERACTIVE TEACHING, PRACTICE
Verification of learning
WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS AND ORAL DISCUSSIONS. WRITTEN EXAMINATION LASTS 30 MINUTES AND CONTAINS 30 MULTI CHOICE QUESTIONS (ONLY ONE ANSWER CORRECT). IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUSTAIN ORAL DISCUSSIONS INDEPENDENTLY FROM SCORES OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS.
Texts
ARIENTI G., LE BASI MOLECOLARI DELLA NUTRIZIONE, PICCIN EDITORE (PADOVA).
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