- Docente: Alessia Tessari
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Human Nutrition, Well-Being And Health (cod. 5812)
Learning outcomes
The course will address issues related to the role of eating habits in both cognitive and psychological well-being. Furthermore, the course will adress how food is represented in our mind, how it can influence our eating habits and how they can be altered in eating and body representation disorders.
Course contents
- Theoretical and methodological introduction
- Motivational circuits and nutrition
- Eating disorders
- the representation of food in the brain
- Altered representation of food in the brain in eating disorders
- Food and action
Readings/Bibliography
The study will be based on the slides of the lectures that can be downloaded from the "Virtual" site and scientific papers
Teaching methods
Teaching course and lab experiences
Assessment methods
Written exam with 3 open questions on the main topics of the course.
To pass the exam ALL THREE answers must be SUFFICIENTTeaching tools
The slides of the course will be uploaded to: https://virtuale.unibo.it/
Office hours
See the website of Alessia Tessari
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.