Nutrition in the life cycle

Code:

MEA1101

Acronym:

NCVIDA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences
OFICIAL	Biological Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEA	11	Official plan	1	-	6	50	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Understand the differences in nutritional requirements at the various periods of the life cycle;

- Recognize the food and nutrition as an integral part of health promotion and disease prevention, and that mortality and morbidity can be significantly reduced through the manipulation of nutrition-dietary factors during the life cycle and in particular physiological situations;

- Formulate healthy dietary patterns considering the influence of multiple factors, including cultural, socioeconomic, psychosocial, knowledge, and lifestyle

Learning outcomes and competences

The course is structured around syllabus enabling students to: understand the importance of nutrition before birth and during the first 8000 days of life, and intervene in the determinants related to the nutritional status of the mother before, during and after pregnancy, as part of health promotion, non communicable diseases prevention, and reduction in mortality and morbidity; subsequently the nutritional requirements and healthy diet in childhood, adolescence, adulthood and elderly is addressed, qualifying for nutritional and dietary intervention in these periods of life cycle.

The topic of sports nutrition is also addressed and students obtain competences to assess and organize dietary intake of athletes, as well as the use of nutritional supplements in sports

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introdution to basic nutrition.

Nutrition in preconception and fertility.

Pregnancy and lactation - Historical perspective of pregnancy; Physiological changes and nutritional perspective; Effects of malnutrition; Maternal weight; Nutritional recommendations and dietary problems in pregnancy; Physiology of lactation; Nutritional composition of breast milk; Nutritional recommendations for breastfeeding; promotion of breastfeeding;

Infant Nutrition.

Preschool nutrition.

Infant and nutrition before adolescence.

Adolescent nutrition.

Adults - Nutritional recommendations, eating patterns, and healthy eating in adults to prevent non-communicable diseases. Healthy dietary patterns.

Elderly nutrition.

Nutrition in Centenarians.

Sports nutrition - The importance of nutrition in exercise and sports; Energy metabolism; Recommendations for the athlete; hydration; Particularities before, during and after exercise, supplements.

Vegetarianism in the Life Cycle.

Mandatory literature

ADA; American Dietetic Association. Nutrition and athletic performance. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009;41(3):709-31, 2009
de Onis M et al.; Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bull World Health Organ. 2007 Sep;85(9):660-7., 2007
Kaiser et al. ; Nutrition and lifestyle for a healthy pregnancy outcome. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102(10):1479-90, 2002
Bernstein et al.; Food and nutrition for older adults: promoting health and wellness. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012;112(8):1255-77, 2012

Complementary Bibliography

Jones JM. ; Dietary fiber future directions. Adv Nutr. 2013;4(1):8-15, 2013
Lawrence GD. ; Dietary fats and health: dietary recommendations in the context of scientific evidence. Adv Nutr. 2013;4(3):294-302, 2013
White JS.; Challenging the fructose hypothesis: new perspectives on fructose consumption and metabolism. Adv Nutr. 2013;4(2):246-56, 2013
Abreu et al.; Relationship of milk intake and physical activity to abdominal obesity among adolescents. Pediatr Obes. Epub 2013, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Methods of teaching and learning focus on more theoretical aspects of information, including lectures; discussions initiated by several" stimulus material "in various planes including types "one-to-one”, brainstorming and problem based learning

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	112,00
Frequência das aulas	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Accordingly Regulamento Académico da FCNAUP

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification results from the weighted classification in the two tests to be carried out throughout the semester, with the following weighting:
Final classification = (Test 1 x 0.4) + (Test 2 x 0.6).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For all students with special status or condition who are unable to be present on the dates scheduled for the tests, an additional test or oral exam equivalent to the program of the missing test may be carried out, in a date and format to be scheduled by the teachers.

Classification improvement

General rules from FCNAUP

Observations

Bibliography (in each session, the Professor will add the specific bibliography for that session).

Some examples:

Rodgers GP, Collins FS. Precision Nutrition-the Answer to "What to Eat to Stay Healthy". JAMA. 2020 Aug 25;324(8):735-736. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.13601. PMID: 32766768.

 

Mozaffarian D. Dairy Foods, Obesity, and Metabolic Health: The Role of the Food Matrix Compared with Single Nutrients. Adv Nutr. 2019 Sep 1;10(5):917S-923S. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmz053. PMID: 31518410; PMCID: PMC6743828.

 

Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. 2020. Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Advisory Report to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC.