3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1007942BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
The aim of this course is to explore and understand humanity’s (biosocial) food needs and responses, sketch the current global crisis of malnutrition in developing countries and the West, and indicate the failure and success of various dietary strategies.
Own syllabus = powerpoint presentation.
- Knowledge of important food components and their role in the human body (macronutrients, micronutrients, dietary fibre)
- Knowledge of the course of food components in the body via digestion and metabolism - and endocrine control thereon
- Knowledge of the (quantitative aspects) of nutritional needs and recommendations
- Insight in the complexities and pitfalls of nutritional research
- Insight in the effects of various food and diets on health/disease
- Insight in nutrition’s societal dimensions and implications
- Insight in nutrition’s importance for the food industry (novel and functional foods, legislative framework)
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Oral examination (with optional and very short written preparation - max. 5’)
- Starting from three items (one ‘type meal’ and two major nutritional concepts)
- Holistic evaluation taking into account the quality of the entire discussion
- Important: to interrelate information and to avoid important knowledge gaps
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Bioengineering Sciences: Default track (only offered in Dutch)