DIETOTERAPIA NELLE DIVERSE FASI DELLA VITAModule APPLIED TECHNICAL AND DIETETIC SCIENCES
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: GIUSEPPE GROSSOExpected Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to define nutritional requirements in the various stages of life cycle, such as infancy, childhood and adolescence, adulthood, oldness, and pregnancy/lactating women; provide health recommendations; and recognize early and late life consequences of inadequate nutrient intake.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with the actual regulation, students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan compensatory and / or dispensatory requests, based on the didactic objectives and specific needs.
It is also possible to contact the Department CInAP (Center for Active and Participated Integration - Services for Disabilities and / or SLD) referee, Prof. Ignazio Vecchio.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
During the lectures the following arguments will be discussed:
- introduction to the concepts, definitions and approaches used to define nutritional needs and recommendations in context of life cycle stages;
- evidence used for making recommendations;
- nutrition during infancy, childhood and adolescence: nutritional requirements with focus on child development issues;
- nutrition during adulthood: focus on prevention of non-communicable diseases;
- nutrition in elderly: how to meet the nutritional needs of older people;
- nutrition during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding): nutritional recommendations, focus on maternal diet and infants health outcomes;
- health consequence of inadequate nutrient intake during the life cycle.
Textbook Information
Slides and scientific documents provided during the lectures.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduzione ai concetti, definizioni e approcci utilizzati per definire le esigenze e le raccomandazioni nutrizionali nel contesto delle fasi del ciclo di vita. | materiale didattico |
| 2 | prove utilizzate per formulare raccomandazioni. | materiale didattico |
| 3 | assunzioni dietetiche raccomandate secondo l'Autorità europea per la sicurezza alimentare (EFSA) e livelli di riferimento di nutrienti e apporto energetico per la popolazione italiana (LARN) | materiale didattico |
| 4 | alimentazione durante l'infanzia, l'infanzia e l'adolescenza: requisiti nutrizionali con particolare attenzione alle problematiche dello sviluppo del bambino | materiale didattico |
| 5 | nutrizione durante l'età adulta: attenzione alla prevenzione delle malattie non trasmissibili (comprese le malattie cardiovascolari, diabete, ipertensione, cancro e malattie neurodegenerative) | materiale didattico |
| 6 | nutrizione negli anziani: come soddisfare le esigenze nutrizionali degli anziani | materiale didattico |
| 7 | nutrizione durante la gravidanza e l'allattamento (allattamento al seno): raccomandazioni nutrizionali, focus sulla dieta materna (nutrienti, modelli alimentari e dietetici) e risultati sulla salute del bambino (compresa la nascita pretermine, essendo piccoli per età gestazionale, dimensioni e peso del feto, neuro-sviluppo) | materiale didattico |
| 8 | conseguenze sulla salute dell'assunzione inadeguata di nutrienti durante il ciclo di vita | materiale didattico |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- define nutritional needs and recommendations in context of life cycle stages;
- evidence used for making recommendations;
- recommended dietary intakes according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the Reference nutrient and energy intake levels for Italian population (LARN).
- nutrition during infancy, childhood and adolescence: nutritional requirements with focus on child development issues;
- nutrition during adulthood: focus on prevention of non-communicable diseases (including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases);
- nutrition in elderly: how to meet the nutritional needs of older people;
- nutrition during pregnancy and lactation (breastfeeding): nutritional recommendations, focus on maternal diet (nutrients, food and dietary patterns) and infant’s health outcomes;
- health consequence of inadequate nutrient intake during the life cycle.