88115 - Food, Nutrition and Health

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Nursing (cod. 8473)

Learning outcomes

The student, at the end of the course acquires knowledge about healthy lifestyles and values that must be transmitted to the citizens to prevent the onset of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

Course contents

Lifestyle and cardiovascular health. Nutrients. Dietetic regimes. Recommendations for the prevention of chronic diseases. Nutritional management of chronic kidney disease.

Readings/Bibliography

To get an overview, the electronic book “Manuale di Alimentazione per Professionisti Sanitari. Arianna Corbu. Collana EbookECM. 2017”, is highly suggested.

The resources included in the 2020 Osservasalute Report of the National Health Observatory in the Italian Regions are particularly useful.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 1 CFU with frontal teaching.

Assessment methods

The final exam of the integrated course consists in a written paper containing 31 multiple choice questions (no. 4). Each multiple choice question is worth 1 point. 6 questions will relate to the program carried out by Prof. Valente, 6 to the program of Prof.ssa Ugenti, 6 to the program of Prof. Favero, 6 to the program of Prof. La Placa and 6 to the program carried out by Prof.ssa Montebarocci. One question (the thirty-first) will be random and chosen from among the different disciplines. Honors are given to the student who reaches the score 31/31.

The exam will be carried out using the EOL application.

Teaching tools

The teaching material presented in class will be made available on virtuale.unibo.it.

Office hours

See the website of Sabrina Valente

SDGs

Good health and well-being

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.