2nd Bachelor in Dietetics

Nutrition epidemiology and food traditions ( theory and practice )

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ECTS Credits2
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffLOHEST, Dominique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_DIET0034/2
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

To teach students which food is a mixture of the history, sciences and pleasure. Thanks to the knowledge of various cultures, the student will be able to better understand the anamneses of foreign patients and to establish an adapted mode. The exotic food study will make enable the student to diversify the mode of some patients. Thanks to the study of agricultural problem, deficiency diseases of the disadvantaged areas, the student will be better prepared if they decide to live abroad.

Description

Symbolic system of food.

The development of taste in the child.

Food tradition study of various countries

Food and culture.

Concept of epidemiology.

Deficiency diseases.

Cooking of the monks and our food traditions.

To intervene in agriculture, role of the dietician.

Tasting of exotic products and recipes

Bibliography

FARB P. et ARMELAGOS G., Anthropologie des coutumes alimentaires, Denoël, 1985

BEAGLEMOLE R. , BONITA R., Eléments d’épidémiologie OMS, Genève, 1998.

Enquête de consommation alimentaire belge 2004

Sabouret J-F, Invitation à la culture japonaise, ed. de la découverte, Paris, 1991

Apfelbaum M., dictionnaire pratique de nutition et de diététique, Masson, Paris,1981

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures (70%) + presentation by the students (10%) + workshop (20%)

Assessment MethodsOral examinations
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

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