84297 - BIOCHEMISTRY OF NUTRITION

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Understand the biochemical basis of nutrition, including nutritional requirements and outline the molecular mechanisms by which nutrients can affect health.

Contenuti

Basic Nutrition

•Lesson 1: Intro; Bioenergetics and integration of metabolism

•Lesson 2: Integration of metabolism (2)

•Lesson 3: Macro and micronutrients

Applied Nutrition

•Lesson 4: Nutritional guidelines

•Lesson 5: Obesity

•Lesson 6: Caloric restriction and fasting mimicking diet z

•Lesson 7: Undernutrition and Disordered eating

•Lesson 8: Impact of healthy lifestyle on life span

Testi/Bibliografia

Principale libro di testo adottato:

The Science of Nutrition

Janice Thompson, Melinda Manore and Linda Vaughan

Pearson, 3rd or 4th Edition.

 

E' inoltre consigliata la lettura dei seguenti articoli (open access) e di altri articoli consigliati durante le lezioni:

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.

Metodi didattici

Lezioni Frontali

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Esame Scritto di 25 domande a risposta multipla.

The exam of the integrated course consists of 4 modules:

1 module about Biochemistry

1 module about Semeiotics

1 module about Anatomy

1 module about Physiology.

Given the integrated nature of this course, students must take all the modules in the same period (usually the tests’ dates of the four parts are all within 10 days).

If the student passes only one or two modules, all the 4 tests must be repeated.

If a student passes only three modules out of the four, the unsuccessful module can be repeated under 2 conditions:

1) each mark of the other three modules is equal or higher than 24. If one module mark is lower than 24, then the entire exam must be repeated.

2) the unsuccessful module must be repeated only in the next two available exam dates. If the student will not pass that module again, the entire exam must be repeated.

Please note:

In case one student wants to refuse a mark of 1 module, it is possible to refuse only one mark out of four (if each mark of the other three tests is equal or higher than 24), and in this case the ‘refused' module must be repeated on the next two dates.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Antonello Lorenzini