- Docente: Francesca Scandurra
- 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
- Lipids, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, saturated fatty acids
- Proteins and aminoacids
- Antioxidants
- Fibers
- Micronutrients
- Short nutritional counselling
- Chronic non-communicable diseases related to lifestyle and nutrition
- Nutrition and oral cavity - Role of diet in etiology and prevention of oral diseases
Readings/Bibliography
Zangara - Zangara - Koprivec. Dietologia - Alimenti - Alimentazione nel sano e nel malato - Integratori alimentari. Piccin Editore. 2014.
A. Mariani Costantini, C. Cannella, G. Tomassi – Alimentazione e Nutrizione umana – Terza edizione, 2016 – Ed. il Pensiero Scientifico
G. Liguri – Nutrizione e dietologia – 2015 - Ed. Zanichelli
L. Levrini – La dieta del sorriso – 2016 – Ed. Mondadori
LARN IV revisione - 2014
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
Audio-visual didactic material.
Multimedia information technology.
Scientific articles recently published
Office hours
See the website of Francesca Scandurra