- Docente: Valentina Vicennati
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dietistic (cod. 8470)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the role of nutrition in specific endocrine pathologies (hypothyroidism and hyerthyroidism, primary and secondary osteoporosis, hypercortisolism and metabolic effects of cortisol) and, vice versa, the effect of altered hormonal secretions on nutrition, knows the role of hormones on the control of caloric intake, with particular reference to S.Cushing hypercortisolism.
Course contents
- the endocrine system
- thyroid pathology
- metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus
- obesity and therapies
- adrenals: from physiology to the main pathologies of clinical interest
- gonadal pathologies
- calcium-phosphorus metabolism; osteoporosis and role of proper nutrition
- pituitary pathology
Readings/Bibliography
updated guide lines for each pathology are presented every year
Teaching methods
these are frontal lessons with interactive discussion of clinical cases
Assessment methods
The end-of-course exam aims to evaluate the achievement of the teaching objectives: - To know the diagnostic-clinical course of the main pathologies and the role of nutrition in each of them from the therapeutic point of view
Teaching tools
Teaching material: the teaching material presented in class will be made available to the student at the end of each lesson
Office hours
See the website of Valentina Vicennati
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.