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

Testi consigliati:

Fox & Cameron's Food Science, Nutrition and Health 7th Edition(CRC press).

Barasi's Human Nutrition: A Health Perspective, Third Edition 3rd (CRC press).

Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health 5th Edition, by Geoffrey P. Webb (CRC press).

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 a risposta multipla.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Piattaforme Virtuale e EOL.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Antonello Lorenzini