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Basics of Diet Therapy

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Code:
39772
ECTS:
6.0
Lecturers in charge:
Ines Panjkota Krbavčić, Full Professor, PhD
Lecturers:
Lectures:
Ines Panjkota Krbavčić, Full Professor, PhD

Seminar:
Martina Bituh, Full Professor, PhD
Ivana Rumora Samarin, Associate Professor, PhD

Laboratory exercises:
Martina Bituh, Full Professor, PhD
Ivana Rumora Samarin, Associate Professor, PhD
Anja Pozaić, mag. nutr.
Irena Martinis, MSc
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Lecture type Total
Lectures 30
Seminar 12
Laboratory exercises 33
Description:
Lectures, practicum and seminars of this module give the knowledge of basic principles of diet therapy and clinical nutrition as well as overview of the role of nutrition (preventive and therapeutic) in patients with non-infectious chronic diseases like diseases of the digestive system, diseases of the gallbladder, pancreas and liver, kidney and urinary system, heart and vascular diseases, diabetes, malapsorption, malnutrition (in people with obstructive lung diseases, malignant diseases and HIV, patients with burns and after major surgery), as well as allergies and food intolerance and enteral and parenteral feeding. During practicum in hospitals, students will be introduced to the hospital nutrition, daily hospitals and basic methods for assessing the nutritional status patients at the departments and biochemical laboratories, as well as meal planning and preparation for specific needs of patients. Practicum and seminars will complement student s knowledge about diet therapy for each disease.
Learning outcomes:
Literature:
  1. 1. Cataldo.C.B., DeBruyne, Whitney, E.N. (2003) Nutrition and Diet Therapy: Principles and Practice. 6thed., Wadsworth, Belmont, USA.p 451-729.

    2. Odluka o standardu prehrane u bolnicama http://hidra.srce.hr/arhiva/263/26986/www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/2007/3528.htm
    3. Giroux, I. (2008) Applications and Case Studies in Clinical Nutrition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. USA.
    4. I.Colic Baric (2004) Prehranom do zdravih kostiju. Hrvatsko društvo za osteoporozu, Zagreb.,
Prerequisit for:
Enrollment :
Passed : Basics of Human Physiology
Passed : Biochemistry 1
Passed : Biochemistry 2
Passed : Nutrition 2
5. semester
Mandatory course - Regular studij - Nutrition
Consultations schedule:
  • For consultation hours, please contact the course coordinator.