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Syllabus NUTRITION - 91115
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Last update 19-03-2025
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Nursing

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Ein Karem

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr Limor Ben-Yacov

Coordinator Email: Limor.Ben-Yacov@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Limor Ben-Yacov

Course/Module description:
The course presents the contribution of nutrition to health promotion, including, life Cycle and its nutritional requirement, nutritional assessment and nutritional care.

Course/Module aims:
1. Comprehending the basis of nutritional concepts
2. Perceiving the interrelationships between nutritional effects and metabolic systems in human health and disease states
3. Understanding the main dietary recommendations for health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases
4. Experiencing nutritional tools

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Understand nutritional factors that impact health
• Present the major nutritional recommendations in health and disease
• Assess nutritional status
• Evaluate and compare food products
• Identify situations that require advice or intervention related to the patient's diet

Attendance requirements(%):
80%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: frontal lectures and student discussions

Course/Module Content:
1. Basic nutritional terms.
2. Central role of nutrients as energy suppliers, building blocks of body components or as modulators of metabolic processes.
3. Energy-balance; energy intake or expenditure components, body composition.
4. Macronutrients: proteins, lipids- functions, types, requirements, metabolism.
5. Carbohydrates, dietary fibers- functions, types, requirements, metabolism. The microbiome.
6. Impaired homeostasis of carbohydrates or lipid metabolism: diabetes mellitus, lactose intolerance, constipation, dyslipidemia
7. Micronutrients – vitamins & minerals
8. Summary of nutritional Recommendations, based on the Israeli Ministry of Health and the current academic literature
9. Nutritional aids, the Mediterranean pyramid
10. Different physiological aspect of obesity, the metabolic syndrome.
11. Weight control: Weight regulation by nutritional and medical treatment.
12. Nutritional assessment including anthropometric and biochemical parameters

Required Reading:
1. ההמלצות התזונתיות החדשות, אגף התזונה, משרד הבריאות הישראלי, 2020
2. נייר עמדה: המלצות תזונתיות למניעת מחלות קרדיוואסקולריות. האיגוד הקרדיולוגי בישראל, עמותת הדיאטנים ומשרד הבריאות, 2021. ע"מ 5-85.

Additional Reading Material:
1. ההמלצות התזונתיות החדשות, אגף התזונה, משרד הבריאות הישראלי, 2020. https://health.gov.il/PublicationsFiles/dietary-guidelines.pdf
2. זילבר-רוזנברג, א. מזון ותזונה בבריאות ובחולי. האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, 2014.
3. Berman AT, Snyder S & Frandsen G. (Eds.) Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, process and practice. (11th ed.). London, UK: Pearson Prentice Hall. (Nutrition chapter 46). 2020.
4. נייר עמדה: המלצות תזונתיות למניעת מחלות קרדיוואסקולריות. האיגוד הקרדיולוגי בישראל, עמותת הדיאטנים ומשרד הבריאות, 2021.

Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 100 %

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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