Universität Wien

330100 VO Nutrient based Dietary Guidlines and Nutrition through the Life Cycle (2015S)

6.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 33 - Ernährungswissenschaften

Lehrveranstaltung für Masterstudium
(Voraussetzung: Zulassung zum Masterstudium )
Moodle

Details

max. 150 participants
Language: German

Examination dates

Wednesday 03.06.2015 11:30 - 13:00 UZA2 Hörsaal 6 (Raum 2Z227) 2.OG Tuesday 30.06.2015 13:15 - 14:45 UZA2 Hörsaal 6 (Raum 2Z227) 2.OG Wednesday 30.09.2015 09:45 - 11:15 UZA2 Hörsaal 8 (Raum 2Z206) 2.OG Monday 29.02.2016 09:45 - 11:15 UZA2 Hörsaal 8 (Raum 2Z206) 2.OG

Lecturers

Classes

LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN:

Mi 11.3. 2015 13:15 - 18:15 HS5, UZAII
Do 19.3. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 26.3. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 16.4. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 23.4. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 30.4. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 7.5. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Mi 13.5. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII
Do 21.5. 2015 11:30 - 16:30 HS4, UZAII

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation
Specific energy and nutrient needs
Current situation in Austria (Austrian Nutrition Report)
Fetal Programming
Nutrition in Childhood
WHO guidelines for lactating women
Breastfeeding, composition of women´s milk
Formula nutrition
Complimentary food
Optimix
Current situation in Austria (Austrian Nutrition Report)
NCD prevention

Nutrition in the Elderly
Definition of age
Ageing statistics
Theories of ageing
Impact of nutrition of ageing processes
Physiological changes of ageing and their impact on nutritional requirements
General recommendations
Current situation in Austria (Österreichischer Ernährungsbericht)

Assessment and permitted materials

Final written exam, 1h (multiple choice)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students will understand the concepts and models of body composition as well as the respective assessment methods in order to establish age-dependent recommendations of nutrient intake. It will be part of their technical expertise to apprehend sound principles in implementing these recommendations in daily nutritional routines throughout the human life cycle. They will identify the life-long interactions between life style and health and the salutogenic/primary preventive concept of nutrition.

Examination topics

Lectures on the topics listed above, power point presentations, disscussion of pertinent literature

Reading list

Power point presentations will be available via LMS
Journal articles and reviews on current topics of life cycle nutrition after prior announcement
Textbooks
Judith E. Brown, Nutrition through the life cycle, Verlag Wadsworth, 4. Internationale Auflage, ISBN-No. 9780538736176
Simon Langley-Evans, Nutrition: A Lifespan Approach, Verlag Wiley-Blackwell, 1. Auflage, ISBN-No. 9781405178785
Providing Healthy and Safe Foods As We Age, Institute of Medicine (US) Food Forum, Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010, ISBN-13: 978-0-309-1588
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK51847/

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