Current Themes in Nutrition

Code:

NC1204

Acronym:

TANUT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biological Sciences
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Clinical Nutrition

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
NC	18	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	1	-	4,5	30	121,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To write of an original review work regarding a current theme in Clinical Nutrition and to make an oral presentation.

To broaden the knowledge in several areas of Clinical Nutrition, in particular in the area reviewed by the student's work.

To deepen the knowledge in a specific theme in Clinical Nutrition that may be used afterwards when preparing the student's Project and Dissertation.

Learning outcomes and competences

Competences in scientific writing of a review work, following rules regarding space limits.

Competences in oral presentation of their work, within a time limit.

Deepening of knowledge regarding the state of the art in an area of Clinical Nutrition.

Competences in reflection and critical analysis regarding the studied subject, that allows the creating an informed but personal opinion of this subject.

Broadening the knowledge in several themes in Clinical Nutrition from the analysis of the works made by the colleagues.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Current Themes in Nutrition

Without intending to limit the themes selected by the students, we present the following proposals of themes for the monographs (without a specific order):

- The role of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.

- Cachexia: fisiopathology and the importance of Clinical Nutrition.

- Coffee in weight management and diabetes.

- Behavioural therapeutic of obesity.

- The role of adipocytes in inflammation and metabolism of the obese subject.

- The importance of diet and physical activity in the treatment and prevention of obesity.

- Polyphenols in cardiovascular disease.

- Sucrose and fructose in Metabolic Syndrome.

- Substantiation of health claims of probiotics.

- Chronobiology and food ingestion.

- The effect of stress in eating behaviour.

- Pleiotropic effects of Vitamin D.

- The role of monounsaturated fatty acids in Metabolic Syndrome.

- Intestinal absorption of cholesterol and its implications in pathology. Do different pathological frameworks justify different dietotherapy approaches?

- Cardiac cachexia.

- The obesity paradox in cardiac insufficiency.

- The formation of eating habits in infants and pre-school children.

- Microbiome and Metabolic Syndrome.

- Resolvins and protectins – potential therapeutic effects.

- Anti-aging nutrition.

- Taste and obesity.

- Probiotics and prebiotics.

- Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics.

- Diets based on the genetic profile.

- Eating disorders - the perspective of the Nutritionist.

- HIV-AIDS patients: lipodystrophy, insulin resistance and nutrition.

- Sarcopenia in obesity.

- Nutrition in MIA Syndrome.

Mandatory literature

Diversos autores; Artigos recentes

Teaching methods and learning activities

Bibliography review on a current subject in Clinical Nutrition chosen by each student.
Writing of an original monograph.
Oral presentation.
Attendance to the presentations by the colleagues, reflection regarding the presented subject and placing questions.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	12,00
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	18,00
Trabalho escrito	51,50
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

Final grade of at least 10 out of 20.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average obtained in the following way:
Actuality and relevance in Clinical Nutrition 20%;
Deepness and critical analysis of the theme 20%;
Quality of the written work 15%;
Oral presentation 30%;
Critical analysis of the work of colleagues 15%.

Classification improvement

Doing another work within the same framework but in a different subject.

Observations

According to the Rector Order GR.06 / 12/2017, Article 12, point e), students are not allowed to capture images or sound of the school activities.