2016_17
Educational guide 
Faculty of Chemistry
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english 
Nutrition and Metabolism (2012)
 Subjects
  NUTRITION THOUGH THE LIFE CYCLE
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Nutrition through life


1.1. Introduction: Concepts of requirement and recommendation. Identifying requirement and setting recommendations. Interpretation and use of tables of recommendations.
Nutritional recommendations in adulthood. Dietary recommendations and nutritionally balanced diet.
1.2. Nutrition in pregnant women: physiological and metabolic characteristics of pregnancy that affect nutritional requirements. Nutritional requirements and recommendations. Dietary advice.
1.3. Nutrition in breastfeeding women: physiological and metabolic characteristics of breastfeeding. Nutritional aspects of breast milk versus cow’s milk: carbohydrates, lipids, protein and non-protein nitrogen micronutrients. Energy cost of milk production. Nutritional requirements and recommendations. Dietary advice.
1.4. Nutrition during the first year of life physiological and metabolic characteristics of breastfeeding. Nutritional aspects of breast milk versus cow’s milk: carbohydrates, lipids, protein and non-protein nitrogen micronutrients. Energy cost of milk production. Nutritional requirements and recommendations. Dietary advice.
1.5. Nutrition in childhood and adolescence: Objectives of feeding and child nutrition. Child growth curve. Nutritional requirements and recommendations during childhood. Dietary advice.
Puberty: physiological and metabolic changes. Nutritional recommendations and dietary advice. Main nutritional problems in adolescence
1.6. Nutrition for the elderly: physiological changes associated with the aging process and its nutritional impact. Nutritional requirements and recommendations in the elderly. Some considerations regarding current micronutrient recommendations. Dietary advice.
2. Nutrition during the practice of sports. 2.1. Physiological and metabolic changes involving physical exercise: special physiological and metabolic state as consequence of physical exercise and its nutritional repercussion. Differences based on the type of sport.
2.2. Nutrition during the practice of sport. Nutritional requirements and recommendations for athletes depending on type of exercise. Analysis of special diets that are used to increase the performance of athletes. Diets for competition days. Analysis of effectiveness of supplements and ergogenic compounds.