84967 - Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Health Biology (cod. 6768)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will know the causes, the physiopathological mechanisms, some clinical aspects of the main diseases of the endocrine system and metabolism with particular reference to diabetes mellitus, obesity, dyslipidemia, osteoporosis, pituitary, thyroid and adrenal cortex pathologies.

Course contents

Each topic will be covered starting from the physiopathology up to the clinical manifestations and the available therapies.

Readings/Bibliography

textbooks are not considered necessary, any further information can be found on PubMed

Teaching methods

frontal lectures with the use of slides

Assessment methods

oral exam with interpretation of laboratory tests

Teaching tools

research on Pubmed

Office hours

See the website of Valentina Vicennati