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Module Guide from winter term 2023/24

Modul EW4230-KP05

Nutritional therapy (NuThe)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


5
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2023 (compulsory), Nutritional Sciences, 2nd semester
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2019 (compulsory), Nutritional Sciences, 2nd semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Nutritional Therapy (exercise, 2 SWS)
  • Nutritional Therapy (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 10 Hours exam preparation
  • 60 Hours private studies
  • 60 Hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
  • How to start a start up in nutritional medicine
  • Challenges in nutritional medicine (Clinical trials in nutrition, real world data, new trial designs) + Regulatory affairs (EMA/ EFSA etc.)
  • Mikronutrients & Phytochemicals
  • Introduction to Biomarkers, non genetic Biomarkers
  • Genetic biomarkers in nutritional medicine
  • Digital Biomarkers in Personalized Nutrition/ Migraine prophylaxis
  • Sports and physical activity in preventive medicine
  • Prevention of Depression
  • Microbiome modulation
  • Aging/ Inflammaging/ Immunosenecence
  • Prevention of Metabolic diseases
  • Allergy prevention
  • Prevention of GI disorders
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Students will get knowledge about the concepts in nutrition therapy
  • They will get knowledge about functional food, Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • They will develop advanced knowledge of nutrition therapy of different diseases
  • They will develop skills of oral presentation of scientific articles in the field of nutrition therapy
Grading through:
  • written exam
Responsible for this module:
  • Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina
Teachers:
  • Institute of Nutrition Medicine
  • Dr. Torsten Schröder
  • Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina
  • Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Meyhöfer
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich
  • Jörg Riedl
Literature:
  • A. Skipper: Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice - Jones & Bartlett Publ Inc, 2008
  • : - Current literature
  • M. Nelms/K.P. Sucher: Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology - Brooks Cole Pub Co, 2015
Language:
  • offered only in English
Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- none

Admission requirements for the module examination(s):
-none

Module examination(s):
- EW4230-L1: Nutritional therapy, written exam, 90 min, 100 % of the grade

Letzte Änderung:
16.1.2024