Mediterranean Diet

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Status of the course

Course objectives

- Knowledge in the role of macro- and micronutrients from food
- Understanding the calucation of daily energy requirements for targeted populations
- Knowledge in principle of healthy diet
- Understanding the main features of traditional Mediterranean Diet and its role in chronic diseases prevention
- Knowledge in main bioactive components present in Mediterranean Diet
- Acquiring competition in creation of healthy diet regime
- Acquirinig competition in determination of nutritive status
- Acquiring competition in calucation of daily calory intake

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

- Acquiring knowledge in main characteristics of Mediterraean Diet
- Understanding the mechanisms of bioactive food components in human body homeostasis
- Acquiring knowledge in factors affecting nutritive status
- Understanding the role of Mediterranean Diet in various chronic diseases
- Understanding the effect of diet on the incidence for chronic diseases development (the epigenetic role)
- Understanding the beneficial role of Mediterranean Diet in prevention of malignant diseases

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Macronutrients from food (the most important facts on the role of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids and their sources in Mediterranean Diet) 3 hours
Micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) from foods characteristic in Mediterranean Diet 2 hours
Principles of healthy diet regime – link with the Mediterranean Diet pyramide 2 hours
Plant and animal derived foods characteristic for Mediterranean Diet 4 hours
Functional food in Mediterranean Diet 2 hours
The role of aromatic and medicinal plants (and spices) in Mediterranean Diet 2 hours
The role of epigenetic in diet (proofs linked with Mediterranean Diet) 2 hours
Mediterranean Diet and ageing process 2 hours
Mediterranean Diet and human homeostasis 2 hours
Mediterranean Diet in prevention of chronic diseases (diabetes type 2, coronary heart diseases, cancers, osteoporosis, obesity) 9 hours
Exercises:
- Determination of the percentage of lipids in the body using caliper and the instrument with automatic reading (Omron)
- Assembling the 24-h inquiry and the classification of obtained results
- Calculation of body mass index, the percenteage of nutritional status
- Assembling the daily and weekly menu based on the principles of Mediterranean Diet
- Calculation of daily calory intake for targeted populations

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Student responsibilities

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

R. Živković: Dijetetika, Medicinska naklada, Zagreb, 2002.
J. S. Garrow, W.P.T. James: Human nutrition and dietetics. 10th Edition, Churchill Livingostone, Co. London, 2000.

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level;
(2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee;
(3) Lecturer’s Level.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)