PHYSIOLOGY OF NUTRITION AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

FN0010

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Degree:

Course of Single Cycle Degree 5 years in PHARMACY

Disciplinary Sector:

PHYSIOLOGY

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PIETRANGELO Tiziana

BONDI DANILO

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

General Physiology. The student must have clear the basic concepts of Physiology, in particular the functions related to transport, signal transduction and cellular potentials.

Objectives

The course aims to provide students with the information on the main aspects of human nutrition also in function of specific needs such as individuals undergoing exercise stress or during aging. They will also be taken care of aspects related to the measurement of basal metabolism and the production of body energy during work.

Contents

Nutritional needs.
Digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Secretory and motor functions of the digestive tract.
Evaluation of nutritional status and diet habits for the healthy subjects, athletes and older adults.
Anthropometrics and body composition.
Basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure.
Food supplements.

Extended Syllabus

Human Nutrition
Digestion and absorption of nutrients: digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids. Contribution of bile salts for digestion and absorption of lipids. Absorption of water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. Absorption of water and minerals. Absorption of calcium and iron.
Secretory and motor functions of the digestive tract: chewing and saliva. Swallowing. Esophagus motility. Gastric motility: filling of the stomach, mixing movements and emptying of gastric contents. Gastric Secretion: functions of hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen and gastrin. Vomit. Cholecyst emptying. Intestine motility. Mechanisms of pancreatic exocrine secretion. Intestinal secretions. Defecation.
Evaluation of nutritional status and diet habits for the healthy subjects, athletes and older adults.
Anthropometrics and body composition, with related procedures for measuring and estimating.
Theoretical and applied bioenergetics, focusing on basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure

Recommended Bibliography

Free lecture notes provided by the teacher to the student

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Verification of learning for both attending and non-attending students involves a written test with multiple choice questions on the contents of the topics covered in class. The test is divided into 20 questions, each question includes 3 possible answers of which only one is the right one. The correct answers are worth 1.5 points (1.5 x 20 = 30), the wrong answers 0 points. One of the questions will be particularly important, if the student answers well to that and will have achieved a score of 30/30 he will have 30/30 with honors.

Contacts/More Information

The student can develop a specific topic he/she likes in order to complete his/her knowledge, he/she can present it as a power point or video or written summary

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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