Nutrition and prevention of cronic diseases

Code:

OPT26

Acronym:

NPDC14

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	34	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	2	-	3	27	81
			3

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit has as main objective the acquisition of knowledge on the role of nutrition in the prevention of chronic diseases.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should identify the main dietary determinants of chronic diseases, namely those with major impact on global mortality and morbidity (cardiovascular diseases and cancer) and to understand their effect on the reduction of disease occurrence; Students should identify and understand the principles and methods to evaluate the relation between dietary exposures and chronic diseases.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Nutrition and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke), hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Nutrition and cancer prevention. Nutrition and osteoporosis. Nutrition and inflammation. Food interactions and interactions between foods and genetic and behavioural factors. Methodological approaches to evaluate the relation between nutrition and chronic diseases. From evidence to dietary recommendations.

Mandatory literature

Watson RR and Preedy VR eds.; Nutrition and Heart disease: causation and prevention, Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004
World Cancer Research Fund/ American Institute for Cancer Research; Food, Nutrition and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective, Second report, 2009

Comments from the literature

Scientific papers with relevance for the syllabus will be also included

Teaching methods and learning activities

As this curricular unit has 3 ECTs, it is estimated a total of 81 hours of work by students; out of these 27h are of contact, with the following distribution:

14 theoretical-practical sessions of 90 min

4 seminars of 90 min

Learning assessment will be done by a written work in group (5 students at maximum), corresponding to 50% of the final classification. The remaining 50% will be obtained through the development of one individual critical abstracts of one the topics presented and discussed on seminars (20%) and a sumative form of assessment (30%). The Unit will take place with a minimum of 10 students and a maximum of 50.

keywords

Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	30,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	24,00
Frequência das aulas	27,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of participation in the presencial sessions

Calculation formula of final grade

Learning assessment will be done by a written work in group (5 students at maximum), corresponding to 50% of the final classification. The remaining 50% will be obtained through the development of one individual critical abstracts of one the topics presented and discussed on seminars (20%) and a sumative form of assessment (30%).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The components of assessment will be the same in the case of student-workers. The group work can be done individually. The summative assessment form it will be performed presentialy.

Observations

The Unit will take place with a minimum of 10 students and a maximum of 50.