Nutrition and Public Health

Code:

MSP12_23

Acronym:

MSP12_23

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social and comportamental sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S (of 07-02-2022 to 15-07-2022)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	8	Current Studies Plan	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

English
Obs.: Classes and support materials

Objectives

To increase knowledge and develop skills in dietary methodologies and determinants relevant for Public Health.

To develop students' skills for the planning and development of community interventions in Public Health Nutrition.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course the student should be able: a) to understand the relationship between nutrition and health and the concept of nutrition transition; b) to be able to interpret the evidence between nutrition and health, and perform a critical appraisal on that; c) to characterize the methods of assessing the nutritional status of populations and to be able to select the best method to address the objective under study; d) to describe the food/nutrition context and the major current public health problems and their implications in health indicators; e) to know specific aspects related with food/nutrition and the methodology used to evaluate them in different periods of life; f) to gain skills for planning and implementing community interventions in Nutrition.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Non-applicable

Program

History, concepts and principles: Health and Public Health, evolution and relation with Nutrition, the Nutrition Transition. Methods in nutritional epidemiology, methods of assessment of nutritional status and dietary intake. Determinants of food consumption. Diet in different periods of life (pregnant women, children, adolescents). Diet, Health and Disease: Food-borne Diseases, Diet and Chronic Diseases. Community Nutrition: Dietary context in Portugal, Nutrition Education, Planning and Programming in Community Nutrition.

Mandatory literature

Michael J. Gibney (Editor), Barrie M. Margetts (Editor), John M. Kearney (Editor), Lenore Arab (Editor); Public Health Nutrition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-444-34204-8
Walter Willett; Nutritional Epidemiology. Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. , Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 0199754039

Complementary Bibliography

Judith L. Buttriss, Ailsa A. Welch, John M. Kearney, Dr. Susan A. Lanham-New; Public Health Nutrition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-118-66097-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

A total of 81 hours of student’s work, of which 27 are of contact.

keywords

Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Nutritional sciences
Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Nutrition related disorders

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with 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	54,00
Frequência das aulas	27,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

 To be present in at least 75% of  the classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification of the final exam

Classification improvement

By Exam