Alternative Nutrition

Module:

Basic Sciences

ECTS:

3

Contact hours – lectures:

30

Contact hours – seminar:

15

Contact hours – clinical exercises:

0

Contact hours – clinical practice:

0

Holder of subject:

Dr Cirila Hlastan Ribič, Assistant Professor

Education providers:

• Dr Cirila Hlastan Ribič, Assistant Professor
• Rok Poličnik, Assistant

Level of study:

First Bologna cycle professional education study program

Semester:

Language:

Slovene/English

Subject specific competences:

The student:

• Student recognizes different types of alternative nutrition – complementary, and their effect on health.
• Student adopts understanding religious, ethical, cultural, historical, health and the other reasons for alternative nutrition.
• Students be able to recognize positive and negative effects of alternative nutrition.
• Students recognize basic definitions of alternative nutrition of healthy, sick and handicapped population.
   

Mandatory and recommended references:

Mandatory references:

• Mahan K, Escott-Stump S. Krause's Food, Nutrition & Diet Therapy (12th ed). W B Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2008.       
• Whitney E.N., Cataldo C.B., Rolfes S.R., 2006. Understanding normal and clinical nutrition. West/Wadsworth, seventh edition,  958 s.
• Referenčne vrednosti za vnos hranil / Referenzwerte für die nährstoffzufuhr / Nemška družba za prehrano (DGE) (Oblikovanje, razvoj in prevod: Delovna skupina za pripravo "Referenčnih vrednosti za vnos hranil"). 1. izdaja prevoda v Sloveniji, Ljubljana,  2003.

Recommended references:

• Gibney M.J., Margetts B.M., Kearney J.M., Arab L. 2004. Public Health Nutrition. Great Britain, Blackwell Publishing: 378 p.

Study obligations:

• 100% obligatory attendance at seminars
• seminar work

Assessment methods:

• written examination (100%)