- Docente: Antonello Lorenzini
- Credits: 2
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)
Learning outcomes
Understand the biochemical basis of nutrition, including nutritional requirements and outline the molecular mechanisms by which nutrients can affect health.
Course contents
Basic Nutrition
Lesson 1: Macronutrients and micronutrients
Lesson 2: Bioenergetics and integration of metabolism
Applied Nutrition
Lesson 3: Nutritional guidelines
Lesson 4: Impact of healthy life style on life span
Lesson 5: Obesity and caloric restriction
Lesson 6: Disordered eating
Lesson 7: Obesity, aging and appropriate BMI
Lesson 8: Drugs and supplements
Readings/Bibliography
Main text book:
The Science of Nutrition
Janice Thompson, Melinda Manore and Linda Vaughan
Pearson, 3rd or 4th Edition.
Additional reading material:
Articles:
Quantifying life style impact on lifespan [ Lorenzini A, Annales Kinesiologiae 2012, 3, p139.
How much should we weigh for a long and healthy life span? The need of reconciling caloric restriction versus longevity with body mass index versus mortality data. Lorenzini A. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2014 Jul 30;5:121.
Obesity May Accelerate the Aging Process. Salvestrini V, Sell C, Lorenzini A. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019 May 3;10:266.
The slide presented in class will be uploaded.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons.
Attendance to learning activities is mandatory.
The minimum attendance requirement to be admitted to the final exam is 66% of lessons. The 66% attendance requirement refers to the total amount of Integrated Courses lessons.
Students who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement will not be admitted to the final exam of the course, and will have to attend relevant classes again during the next academic year.
Assessment methods
The learning assessment for this module is conducted through a final written multiple choice exam.
The questions at the end of each chapter of the Nutrition textbook are a good example of the kind of questions that will be proposed.
Gastrointestinal System, Nutrition, and Metabolism Written exam
Time available: 1 hour
15 questions multiple choice for Physiology
15 questions multiple choice for Nutrition
12 questions multiple choice plus one open question for Semeiotic
Evaluation
For Physiology and Nutrition
+1 correct answer.
0 unanswered question.
-0.25 wrong answer.
Minimum score needed to pass Physiology and Nutrition in each section is 8.2/15
For Semeiotic
+0.5 correct answer.
0 unanswered question.
-0.125 wrong answer.
Between 0 and +1.5 for the answer to the open question.
Minimum score needed to pass Semeiotic is 4.1/7.5
To pass the written exam the students need to pass each section.
Total score is obtained as:
[(Physio. Score + Nut Score + Sem. Score)/37.5]*33
32 or above is 30 Lode (cum Laude)
All other scores are approximated to the lower value: e.g. 25.9 = 25
Final Score
The vote obtained at the oral exam will be weighted with the vote obtained at the written exam according to the credit (5 CFU for the written part and 4 CFU for the oral part):
(Written Score *5/9) + (oral score*4/9)
30 Lode obtained at the written exam is considered 32.
Office hours
See the website of Antonello Lorenzini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.