Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients, Energy and Health

This is a general nutrition course that addresses the relation between nutrition and human health with a focus on overnutrition. The course will get you introduced into the chemistry of the three macronutrients fat, carbohydrate and protein. It will address how macronutrients are digested, absorbed, stored, and metabolized for energy and present you with an introductory view on how different types of fats, carbohydrates and proteins affect human health.
Moreover, it will carefully analyse energy homeostasis and the regulation of bodyweight. The course will also introduce you into nutritional science and the different methodologies employed in nutritional research.

• Reproduce basal knowledge on food sources, structure, digestion, absorption, transport and metabolic effects of the three macronutrients fat, carbohydrate and protein

• Demonstrate knowledge on energy intake and expenditure, physical activity, and body composition

• Understand the importance of nutrition for human health, focusing on overnutrition

• Have a basic understanding about the mechanisms underlying the effect of nutrition on Health and disease

• Written test with open and closed questions (80%)
• Performance (0%) Presence/participation during practicals.
• Assignment oral presentation (20%) Student focus on a macronutrient (digestion-absorption - metabolism - link to disease) during the group assignment which they present in an oral presentation of 10 minutes Group of 4 - 6 students, late submission/ fail: handing in at the next re-sit

ZSS06100 Laboratory Safety

• All literature will be provided digitally.