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Introduction in Basics of Nutrition
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:11.03.2024 14:46:22
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_150 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Nutrition Science | Target Audience: | Medicine; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gundega Rudzīte-Aņiščenko | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Sports and Nutrition | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suuk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to acquire comprehension about the profession of a nutrition specialist and potential job opportunities. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health. Public health. Health promotion. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Nutrition. Diet history. Nutrition therapy. Menus. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Nutrition specialist. Directions of professional activity of a nutrition specialist. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Professional standard of nutrition specialists, medical technologies | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health. Public health. Health promotion. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Nutrition. Diet history. Nutrition therapy. Menus. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Nutrition specialist. Directions of professional activity of a nutrition specialist. | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Professional standard of nutrition specialists, medical technologies | Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work of literature and research reviews analysis; practical excercises and presentation. The work is organized as individual and/or in groups. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Compulsory attendance. Attendance of lectures and seminars, participation in discussions and examination. For the final grade following aspects are taken into account - attendance (30%), individual work and discussions (30%), examination grade (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Is able to describe goals, tasks and scientific justification of the profession. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Understands the types of activity of the profession. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Is able to use the acquired knowledge in the study process as well as in the professional activities. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zariņš, Zigurds. Neimane, Lolita. Uztura mācība. 8., pārstrād. un papild. izd. Rīga : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2021. 464 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of nutrition and food / edited by Carolyn D. Berdanier, Johanna T. Dwyer, David Heber. 2rd edition. 2014. xxi, 1113 pages (hardcover). | ||||||||
| 3 | Kasper, Heinrich Ernährungsmedizin und Diätetik / Heinrich Kasper; unter Mitarbeit von Walter Burghardt. 12., überarb. Aufl. München: Elsevier/Urban & Fischer, 2014. XVI, 652 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Krause's food & the nutrition care process / [edited by] L. Kathleen Mahan, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Janice L. Raymond. 13th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, 2012. xix, 1227 lpp. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cardiovascular diseases : nutritional and therapeutic interventions / edited by Nilanjana Maulik. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2013. xxviii, 586 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Handbook of clinical nutrition and stroke / Mandy L. Corrigan, Arlene A. Escuro, Donalds F. Kirby, editors. New York : Humana Press, 2013. xxix, 310 lpp. Nutrition and Health. | ||||||||
| 3 | Skutelis, Antons, Zāļu un uztura mijiedarbība un blaknes / Antons Skutelis, Ilze Bārene. Rīga : Medicīnas apgāds, 2013. 54 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | Lejnieks, Aivars, Viss par sāli: pārmēra sāls lietošanas kaitējumi veselībai / Aivars Lejnieks, Andrejs Kalvelis. Rīga: Latvijas Hipertensijas biedrība, 2011. 33 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Advancing dietetics and clinical nutrition / edited by Anne Payne, Helen Barker. Edinburgh; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010. xiii, 382 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Rubana, Inta Māra. Uzturs fiziskā slodzē / Inta Māra Rubana. Rīga: RaKa, [2010]. 200 lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Sirds un virtuve / [Andreja Ērgļa un Ivetas Mintāles redakcijā]. Rīga : Latvijas Inovatīvās medicīnas fonds, 2010. 141 lpp. | ||||||||
| 8 | Selga, Guntars. Enterālā ēdināšana / Guntars Selga. Jūrmala: GSE, 2009. 320 lpp. | ||||||||
| 9 | The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response. Проблема ожирения в Европейском регионе ВОЗ и стратегии ее решения / Всемирная организация здравоохранения. Европейское региональное бюро; под редакцией: Francesco Branca, Haik Nikogosian и Tim Lobstein. Копенгаген | ||||||||
| 10 | Европейское региональное бюро ВОЗ, 2009. xiii, 392 lpp. | ||||||||
| 11 | Wills, Judith. Bērnu uzturs / Judīte Vilsa ; no angļu valodas tulkojusi Ilona Brīvmane. Rīga : Jāņa Rozes apgāds, c2009 286 lpp. | ||||||||
| 12 | Aivars, Juris Imants, Fizioloģisko funkciju regulācija cilvēka organismā : starpaugstskolu akadēmiskā maģistra studiju programma "Uzturzinātne": mācību materiāls / Juris Imants Aivars, Līga Ozoliņa-Moll. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2008. 147 lpp. | ||||||||
| 13 | Oxford handbook of gastrointestinal nursing / edited by Christine Norton ... [et al.]. Oxford ;New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. xvii, 734 lpp. | ||||||||
| 14 | The essential handbook of eating disorders / edited by Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt, Eric van Furth. Southern Gate, Chichester; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005. xxi, 238 lpp. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.vm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 2 | www.ldusa.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.who.int/en/ | ||||||||
| 4 | https://www.vm.gov.lv/lv | ||||||||
| 5 | https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv | ||||||||
| 6 | https://esparveselibu.lv | ||||||||
| 7 | http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-dietary-guideli… | ||||||||
| 8 | https://www.pennutrition.com | ||||||||
| 9 | https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/61996 | ||||||||
| 10 | https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/nda100326 | ||||||||
| 11 | http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/Nord2014-002 | ||||||||
| 12 | https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-preventio… | ||||||||
| 13 | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight… | ||||||||
| 14 | https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/dash-eating-planwww.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/nda100326 | ||||||||
| 15 | http://www.nutrisurvey.de | ||||||||
| 16 | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov | ||||||||
| 17 | https://fineli.fi/fineli/en/index | ||||||||
