Module EW2310-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2024, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2018, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2016, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences

Classes and lectures:

• Nutritionpsychology (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Nutritionpsychology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 85 hours private studies
• 20 hours exam preparation
• 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basic psychological principles of food intake
• Empirical methods to investigate the eating behavior
• Theoretical principles of pathological nutrition
• Pre- and intervention techniques for healthy nutrition behavior
• Nutrition consulting

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Acquisition of basic concepts, theories and empirical findings of nutrition psychology
• Introduction to the empirical methods of eating behavior
• Understanding the basic and extended theories about pathological eating behavior, such as bulimia and obesity
• Understanding the basic principles of motivational psychology and learning theories and the ability to link those to the psychology of hunger, satiety and thirst
• Ability to communicate (present and discuss in groups) current empirical works

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Stefanie Derer-Petersen

Teacher:

• Department of Neurology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marcus Heldmann
• Dr. rer. hum. biol. Andreas Sprenger

Literature:

• Christoph Klotter : Einführung Ernährungspsychologie UTB, (2014)
• Hogrefe, Volker Pudel & Joachim Westenhöfer : Ernährungspsychologie 3. Auflage (2003)
• : Ausgewählte wissenschaftliche Publikationen

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

24.03.2025