| Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
| Nutrition and Metabolism (2012) |
 Subjects |
| THE MEDITERRAN. DIET AND HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2017_18 |
| Subject | THE MEDITERRAN. DIET AND HEALTH: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH | Code | 13675207 | |||||
| Study programme |
|
Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | AN |
||||||
| Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Presentation of the Subject. Healthy food based on scientific evidence. Mediterranean and Nordic feeding pattern. Examples of successful innovation in the food industry. |
Healthy dietary patterns based on the role of the nutrients characteristic of the Mediterranean and Nordic diet. Typology of studies. Examples of successful innovation in the food industry. |
| 2. Consumption of nuts and healthy aging. Scientific evidence of the pattern of HEALTHY Food and mechanisms. |
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with a Mediterranean diet. Estruch R, et al.,Martínez-González MA; PREDIMED Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 4;368(14):1279-90. |
| 3. Cancer and Nutrition |
Nutrition and cancer: current epidemiological evidence. Dr. Carlos Alberto González. Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme. Catalán Institute of Oncology (ICO). EPIC Study/ España (European Prospective Investigation of Cancer). Etiology and prevention of cancer are related with diet and its factors. Currently, scientific evidence estimate that between 30-40% of cancer incidence could be prevented with diet related measures, weight control and physical activity. Principal coordinator of the Spanish node of the EPIC-Europe Study. |
| 4. NORDIC feeding pattern based on scientific evidence. | Prof. Rikard Landberg. Professor of the University of Chalmers (Sweden) |
| 5. Mediterranean diet and physical exercise |
"Mediterranean diet maybe is not only diet”. Dr. Manuel Castillo (2,5 h). Professor of Pyshilogy. Faculty of Medicine. University of Granada. |
| 6. The role of research in innovation and valorization of food for industry. |
Prof. Francisco Tomás Barberán. Professor of CSIC. Quality, safety and bioactivity of bioactive compounds. |
| 7. Prevention of diabetes through diet based on scientific evidence. |
Prevention of diabetes through diet based on scientific evidence. Dr. Mireia Urpí-Sardà, researcher Ramón Y Cajal of the University of Barcelona. |
| 8. Complementary activity. Pattern of Mediterranean Diet and Health. | Complementary Activity_Impact of the media in Nutrition and Health. Dra Cristina Andres-Lacueva |
