Janice Marie Sych: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2023 |
Name | Frau Dr. Janice Marie Sych |
Adresse | ZHAW Einsiedlerstrasse 31 Life Science u Facility Management 8820 Wädenswil SWITZERLAND |
Telefon | 058 934 50 00 |
janicemarie.sych@hest.ethz.ch | |
Departement | Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie |
Beziehung | Dozentin |
Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | ||||||||||||||
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752-6002-00L | Advanced Topics in Nutritional Science | 3 KP | 2V | J. Rigutto, J. M. Sych, F. von Meyenn | ||||||||||||||
Kurzbeschreibung | The course gives an introduction to selected topics relevant to human nutrition science. Topics covered include dietary recommendations and nutrient requirements for adults, under- and overnutrition, special dietary patterns including throughout the life stages, the microbiome, fatty acids in nutrition, and nutri-(epi)genomics. | |||||||||||||||||
Lernziel | The course gives a brief introduction into different specialities within human nutrition. The learning objectives of this course are to improve student understanding of: 1) dietary recommendations and nutrient requirements at different stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy and lactation, childhood and adolescence, adults and elderly, and for sports persons; 2) the influence of undernutrition and overnutrition, as well as specific dietary patterns (e.g. vegetarianism, veganism, fasting, weight loss diets) on health; 3) the metabolism of specific nutrients (e.g. vitamins, minerals and fatty acids) and their effect on health; 4) nutri-(epi)genomics and the interactions between genes and the environment with respect to nutrition and health; 5) the microbiome and its modulation by nutritional factors. | |||||||||||||||||
Skript | The teaching slides used in the lectures will be made available each week on Moodle. | |||||||||||||||||
Literatur | Any reading recommendations will be given per lecture. | |||||||||||||||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | This course builds upon the knowledge gained in the module Introduction to Nutritional Science, given in the Autumn Semester (752-6001-00 L). Prior attendance of Introduction to Nutritional Science is not a prerequisite for this module, but students are expected to have fundamental knowledge of basic nutrition and physiology. | |||||||||||||||||
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