Food Habits - An Integrated Approach II

Code:

CN12005

Acronym:

HABAII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Nutrition Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CNUP	101	Plano oficial	1	-	5,5	56	148,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To render students aware of the relevance of psychosocial factors as determinants of eating habits and eating behaviour.
To provide knowledge on research methods and techniques used by social scientists in the study of behaviours related to nutrition and health and disease.

Program

Concepts and theories on Social Psychology and Health Psychology shall be presented in context, within the scope of nutrition and related fields as far as possible. The course contents is organized into 3chapters: I Psychological and psychossocial determinantes of eating choices and eating behavior. The body and the representation of the body especialy in adolescence are subjects related to this chapter. II - Helth and disease throught the perspective of social cognition theories: Development of atitudes and knowledge related to heath since first years of life to adolescence. Social Cognition and Health Psychology models about aquisition of health promoting behaviors. III Psychossocial determinants of food habits since infancy to adolescence

Teaching methods and learning activities

In theoretical classes: Explanatory method, with the assistance of audiovisual media.
In theoretical-practical classes: work to be undertaken in small groups, so as to explore research techniques used in psychosociology and to study subjects proposed by the teacher.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

All students must present to the classe a pratical work (done along the semester in the classe), about the theorectical matter of the discipline.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification is the result of a final examination and the classification of the practical work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The working students have to presente to the classe a practical work (as the others studants).

Observations

Compulsory Language of Teaching : Portuguese

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