English title:
Human nutrition and food
Course ID:
952160
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Human nutrition and food (in Eng.)
Human nutrition and food (in Eng.)
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
English
Course content:
Sustainable human nutrition. Ecology and food systems.
Human diets and life-styles.
Food safety and development cooperation.
Quality of food and complexity in the food systems.
"Regionalism" and direct marketing.
Nutritional science deals with main nutrients, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals and with human energy and water balance. This knowledge leads to several recommendations for a healthy diet. Based on this particularities of the nutrition of specific population groups are examined, e.g. of children, seniors, pregnant women and athletics.
Beyond the dimension health that is usually considered in nutritional science the dimensions environment and society are included equivalently.
Therefore the field of nutritional ecology belongs to the course.
The complex relationships within the nutrition system - from agricultural production of commodities to processing, packaging, transportation and retail up to consumption and waste disposal will be discussed.
During the course "human nutrition" aspects like "proportion of foods of animal or plant origin in the diet, degree of processing of food items, regionality and seasonality, packaging of food items, organic plant or animal production, genetic engineering as well as Fair Trade will be dealt with and considered for an assessment of food items and dietary patterns.
Human diets and life-styles.
Food safety and development cooperation.
Quality of food and complexity in the food systems.
"Regionalism" and direct marketing.
Nutritional science deals with main nutrients, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals and with human energy and water balance. This knowledge leads to several recommendations for a healthy diet. Based on this particularities of the nutrition of specific population groups are examined, e.g. of children, seniors, pregnant women and athletics.
Beyond the dimension health that is usually considered in nutritional science the dimensions environment and society are included equivalently.
Therefore the field of nutritional ecology belongs to the course.
The complex relationships within the nutrition system - from agricultural production of commodities to processing, packaging, transportation and retail up to consumption and waste disposal will be discussed.
During the course "human nutrition" aspects like "proportion of foods of animal or plant origin in the diet, degree of processing of food items, regionality and seasonality, packaging of food items, organic plant or animal production, genetic engineering as well as Fair Trade will be dealt with and considered for an assessment of food items and dietary patterns.
Expected previous knowledge:
Open for agricultural sciences, life sciences, science of human nutrition, ecolo-trophology, management of bio-ressources.<br>Students need the will to work in small groups on selected topics and share their findings with the other groups.
Learning outcomes:
The students should be able to assess food items and dietary patterns concerning their health, environmental and social compatability.
Teaching and learning methods:
Group work, interviews, literature analysis, presenting in English, writing abstracts following author's guidelines.
Work load consists of attending units, library (literature search), preparing for presentations.
In the event of a critical COVID-19 situation, alternative methods of completion are offered.
Work load consists of attending units, library (literature search), preparing for presentations.
In the event of a critical COVID-19 situation, alternative methods of completion are offered.
Exam method:
continuous assessment
written report and presentation with handout (also via zoom in the case of critical COVID-19 situation)
written report and presentation with handout (also via zoom in the case of critical COVID-19 situation)
Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021
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