Module EW1260-KP08
Nutrition Physiology (EPhys8)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
each summer semester
Credit points
8
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2024, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences
Classes and lectures:
- Nutrition Physiology (practical course, 2 SWS)
- Nutrition Physiology (lecture, 4 SWS)
Workload:
- 120 hours private studies
- 90 hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
- Teaching content: Nutritional importance of macro- and micronutrients
- Phytochemicals
- Synthetic or natural sugar substitutes
- Digestion and absorption mechanisms of food
- Recommendations for food intake
- Basics of endocrinology
- Physiological and pathophysiological nutrition
- different Diets, alternative diets and outsider diets
- Practical course: Quantification of fat content of selected foods
- Practical course: Determination of amylase activity in vitro
- Practical course: Analyses of pepsin activity under distinct physiological conditions and its impact on proteolysis in selected foods
- Practical course: Calculation of energy demand
- Practical course: Introduction to nutrition software (EBISpro and/or DGExpert)
- Practical course: Introduction to the reference values of the DA-CH and the nutritional table of the DGE
- Practical course: Preparation of a weekly schedule that is customized to the individual energy demand
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students are able to explain the connection between nutrition and hormones with the basics of endocrinology.
- They are able to explain the metabolism of macro- and micronutrients and thus derive their function in the maintenance of health and performance.
- They are able to assess reference values for food intake and create practical dietary recommendations on their own.
- They are able to determine the main components of foods (fat, carbohydrate and protein content).
- They will learn the critical evaluation of dietary recommendations
Grading through:
- written exam
Responsible for this module:
- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Derer-Petersen
Teacher:
- Institute of Nutrition Medicine
- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Derer-Petersen
Literature:
- Elmadfa/Leitzmann : Ernährung des Menschen utb, 5. Auflage, 2015
- Kasper : Ernährungsmedizin und Diätetik Urban & Fischer Verlag/Elsevier GmbH 12. Auflage 2014
- Rehner/Daniel : Biochemie der Ernährung Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 3. Auflage 2010
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Correct protocols are a prerequisite for the successful participation of the module.Last Updated:
01.03.2023