Food and Human Nutrition II

Alimentação e Nutrição Humana II

Curse code:9554210

Paula Manuela de Castro Cardoso Pereira

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

This curricular unit aims to provide de knowledge about recommended food and nutritional intakes in all states of life cycle. It is also an objective provide knowledge about all kinds of vegetarian and macrobiotic diets.
Considering this, the present curricular unit promotes the student critical and analytical spirit applied to program contents topics.

Students approved with success will have:

• Acquired exact knowledge concerning the programme contents in human nutrition.
• Analytic, synthesis and integration capacities about this subjects.
• The ability to integrate, associated and intervene in situations and similar contexts.
• The understanding about food and nutrition in life quality and individual health during all the stages in the cycle of life.

Syllabus:

1. NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
   Nutritional needs and recommended daily doses.
   RDI, RDA, EAR, DI within others – meaning and applications of these nutritional recommendations.
2. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POPULATION
   Food pyramid, Food Wheel, MyPlate, etc.
3. NUTRITIONAL NEEDS ALONG THE LIFE CYCLE
   Nutrition in children and teenagers, as well as in adulthood and elderly.
4. THE NUTRITIONAL DENSITY
   Concept and evaluation criteria.
5. BIOAVAILABILITY
   Concepts, definition and applicability.
6. NUTRITIONAL STATUS EVALUATION
   Nutrition semiology – signs and nutritional deficiencies symptoms, nutritional status changes.
   The concept of undernutrition, malnutrition, marasmus and kwashiorkor.
7. INFLUENCE OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN FOOD CONSUMPTION
   Studies about the effect of schedule and circadian rhythm in appetite and in energy levels as well as in food choices and habits.
8. VEGETARIAN AND MACROBIOTIC DIET
   Types of vegetarian diets and nutritional deficits associated.
   Macrobiotic diet principles.
9. NUTRITION THERAPY IN OBESITY

Suggested Bibliography:

• Insel P, Ross D, McMahon K & Bernstein M (2011) Nutrition, 4th ed., Jones & Bartlett Publishers. ISBN: 9781449675226
• Gibney M, Vorster H & Kok F (2009) Introduction to Human Nutrition, 2nd ed., Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405168076
• Mahan L, Raymond J & Escott-Stump S (2011) Krause’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 13th ed., Saunders. ISBN 978-1437722338
• Whitney E & Sizer F (2005) Nutrição: Conceitos e Controvérsias, Manole. ISBN: 9788520411971
• Schlenker E & Roth S (2010) William’s Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 10th ed., Mosby. ISBN 978-0323068604