Food Composition

Code:

CN22006

Acronym:

CNAL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Natural Sciences
OFICIAL	Physical Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=64
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	73	Plano oficial	2	-	5,5	56	148,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The overall aim of this Curricular Unit (CU) is known foods as nutrient and bioactive coumpounds sources.

It is intended that students know how to research reliable nutritional information on various foods, summarize their nutritional value, perceive their influence on nutritional intake and its impact on human health.

Learning outcomes and competences

Upon completion of the CU, students should be able to:

• Understand the organization and utility of Food Composition Tables and Nutritional Databases;
• Describe the nutritional value of food and identify its determinants;
• Recognize the nutritional importance of food, know how to group them according to nutritional characteristics and build subgroups;
• Know how to compare the nutritional interest of different food alternatives;
• Name the main food sources of the various nutrients;
• Recognize the impact of technological processing, distribution and storage on the nutritional value of food;
• Know the legal definitions and regulation of food, where applicable;
• Understand the role of food in human health;
• To know the food consumption data and its impact on the nutritional supply;
• Know the food recommendations and main food guides;
• Be able to scientifically verify the most prevalent food myths in society.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Food composition tables and computerized nutritional databases.
2. Milk and dairy products.
3. Fish, molluscs, crustaceans, and derivatives.
4. Meat, sausages and offal.
5. Eggs and egg products.
6. Fats and oils.
7. Pulses.
8. Cereals and derivatives.
9. Sugar, sugar products and honey.
10. Cocoa and its derivatives.
11. Horticulture and derivatives.
12. Fruits and derivatives.
13. Alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks.
14. Fast-food.
15. Soups, sauces and miscellaneous.

Mandatory literature

Porto Andreia 340; Tabela da composição de alimentos. ISBN: 972-8643-19-5
Peres Emílio; Alimentos e alimentação. ISBN: 972-48-1625-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes

These sessions privilege the verbal presentation, with computer support, of the fundamentals of the Curricular Unit. It is the intention of these sessions to present a summary of the state of the art, seeking to stimulate in students the interest of extending and deepening knowledge about each topic. Bi-directionality is encouraged in the discussion of the themes and the interconnection with the Laboratory Sessions, by the inoculation of themes to be scaled in these. Given the dynamics of the knowledge of the nutritional sciences, it is intended that students become familiar with the generation of knowledge and not only with knowledge per se.

Laboratory Sessions

In the Laboratory Sessions, the teacher gives continuity to the topics presented in Theoretical Sessions, presenting concrete cases and practical usefulness, expanding them to exercises and problem solving activities, proposing complementary themes or deeper discussions, also providing time for students active against the information provided. The students can work individually or in groups, in a tutorial regime, and can have the format of scientific reading, bibliographical research, fieldwork, reports, monographs, exercises, oral presentations or presence in conferences or doctoral or master's degrees.

It encourages the active participation of students in the teaching / learning process, the development of critical thinking, discussion of topics and issues, problem solving and decision-making.

Software

Food Processor

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	48,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho escrito	48,50
Total:	148,50

Eligibility for exams

The assessment of students is recognized as one of the most complex work of teachers and can be seen as a way to regulate the educational process, to test the degree of control over matters of discipline, order students by ranking category or stimulate and support learning. It also recognizes that what students learn, and how they are driven by the methods of evaluation.

This Curricular Unit uses a distributed assessment with final exam (DA + FE).

The distributed evaluation implies to have frequency in the Laboratory Sessions and comprises the resolution of exercises and the timely delivery of the written works proposed and the direct observation of the students in the classes.

The final exam consists of responding to a set of questions that may be multiple choice response, complete sentences, true or false, or broad and limited response.

Attendance at Curricular Unit is conditioned to the presence of the student in 75% of the total number of laboratory classes provided, in accordance with the FCNAUP Academic Regulations, and to obtain a grade of 9.50 or more in the distributed evaluation.

Students whose status allows exemption from laboratory classes should contact the teacher responsible for the curricular unit in the first weeks of classes. In these cases, approval in the distributed evaluation will be obtained through the accomplishment of works that can be carried out extra-laboratory classes and that will be divulged and guided by the teacher of the curricular unit. Approval in the distributed assessment is a prerequisite for student admission to the written test of the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation in the curricular unit (CU) consists of a distributed assessment (DA) and a final exam (FE), covering all theoretical knowledge, theoretical-practical and practical, under the following conditions:

a) Distributed assessment (DA) consists of continuous evaluation in the practical classes encompassing the resolution of exercises and the observation of the attitude and participation demonstrated in the classes (10%) and the timely delivery of the written assignments proposed (15%). Given that we consider that there is a minimum of competence, in order to obtain attendance at the CU and to take the final exam the students need to obtain a grade of 9.50 or higher. The note is posted up to 5 days before the final exam.

b) The final exam (FE) consists of a written test (75%) in the evaluation period proposed by FCNAUP. The final exam test consists of answering a set of questions that may be true or false, multiple choice, complete sentences, or extended and limited answers. Given that we consider that there is a minimum of competence, only students who obtain a written test with a grade of 9.50 or more are approved.

c) The final classification (FC) results from: FC = (FE x 75%) + (DA x 25%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students whose status allows exemption from laboratory classes should contact the teacher responsible for the curricular unit in the first weeks of classes. In these cases, approval in the distributed evaluation will be obtained through the accomplishment of works that can be carried out extra-laboratory classes and that will be divulged and guided by the teacher of the curricular unit. Approval in the distributed assessment is a prerequisite for student admission to the written test of the final exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Academic Regulation of FCNAUP.
The assessment of students in a mobility period will be defined at the beginning of the school year.

Classification improvement

According to the Academic Regulation of FCNAUP.

Observations

The student's service hours is on Friday from 14h00 to 18h00 in Office 3.203.B. The service to students must be requested by e-mail addressed to the person responsible for the course (vhugoteixeira@fcna.up.pt).