Pediatric Nutrition
Nutrição Pediátrica
Curse code:9554309
Paula Manuela De Castro Cardoso Pereira
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
To create theoretical and practical knowledge about nutrition and fetal, neonatal and pediatric nutrition, under normal conditions and in pathological situations that could compromise nutritional status.
To promote training in evaluation and nutritional approach, at the determinant stage of adult quality of life programming.
Syllabus:
- Dynamics of growth.
- The role of the intestine.
- Feeding during pregnancy.
- Fetal nutrition.
- Evaluation and nutritional care in the first year of life.
- The preterm newborn.
- Pathology with nutritional implication.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Mahan LK & Escott-Stump S (2004) Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 11th ed., W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
- Guerra A (2008) Alimentação e Nutrição nos Primeiros Anos de Vida - 7º Workshop Nestlé Nutrition, Nestlé Nutrition Institute
- Amaral JV (2009) Tratado de Nutrição Clinica, Abbott Laboratórios
- Associação Portuguesa dos Nutricionistas (2015) Manual de Contagem de Hidratos de Carbono na Diabetes Mellitus para Profissionais de Saúde