energy requirements, macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, minerals, functional and novel foods, dietary recommendations, sport and nutrition

The student must know the nature of the components that can be present in the diet, in which foods these components can be found and how they interact with the functioning of the organism.He/she must know the basis for dietary recommendations and how they can be refinned. The student must know how to manage the nutrional aspects of a physical exercise.

Energetic concepts, energy requirement and determination; regulation of food and energy intake; macronutients, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, components with beneficial and anti-nutritional effects; fortified, functional and novel foods, dietary recommendations, sport and nutrition, nutrition questionnaire

Having succesfully completed the courses General chemistry, Organic chemistry, General biochemistry, Biochemistry II, Physiology of the organ systems, Functional anatomy, Cell biology and Human pathogenesis from the bachelor program biomedical sciences or having acquired the relevant ending objectives by other means

• To understand the way daily nutrtional needs are expressed.
• To be able to measure energy needs and consumption.
• To have knowledge about absorption of carbonhydrates, proteins, fats, water and minerals.
• To have knowledge about the function and needs of vitamins and minerals.
• To understand neurophysiology of nutrition.
• To be able to give nutritional advise before, during and after physical exercise.

Syllabus (Dutch) and photocopies (30 Euro) or available on the Minerva website.

• Nutritional Biochemistry (T Brody, ed) Academic Press, Inc, NY 1993, ISBN 0443 056277 (present in seminar library).
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Garrow, James, Ralph, Eds) Harcourt Publishers Limited, 2000 QP 141. B 853 (present in seminar library).

Through e-mail.

Classroom lectures

Evaluation during examination period