- Docente: Arrigo Francesco Giuseppe Cicero
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/49
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will know the main principles of a correct diet. In particular, he will know the need of the different age ranges, both as it regards macro- and micronutrients. Moreover, he will reckognize the malnutrition related to over- and under-nutrition. Then he will know the relevance of a correct diet to prevent and care te main oral and dental diseases.
Course contents
- Patient global evaluation
- Communication skills in clinical nutrition
- Charbohydrates with High and low glycemic index
- Polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, saturated, transesterified fatty acids
- Proteins and aminoacids
- Strong and weak antioxidants
- Fibers
- Micronutrients
- Short nutritional counselling
Readings/Bibliography
Zangara - Zangara - Koprivec. Dietologia - Alimenti - Alimentazione nel sano e nel malato - Integratori alimentari. Piccin Editore. 2014.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures
Assessment methods
Multiple choices quiz
Office hours
See the website of Arrigo Francesco Giuseppe Cicero