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| Previous course: C2531 |
| Offered by:
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition
(B&E) |
| No credit points with: 25773/C2573.C2531 |
| Prerequisite: 25111/C2511 |
| Desirable: 25241/C2541 |
| Recommended semester:
6th semester |
| Examination:
Written exam
(13 point scale
) |
| Contact person: |
Docent Carl-Erik Høy, B&E, Building 224, Tel. +45 4525 2737
Lektor Klaus Bukhave, B&E, Building 224, Tel. +45 4525 2739 |
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| Aim: To communicate human nutrition based on biochemistry and physiology. To relate nutritional disorders and malnutrition to economic and social structures of society. |
| Contents: Catabolism and absorbtion of the individual components of the diet in the gastro-intestinal tract. Production and utilization of energy. Fluids, electrolytes and acid-base equilibrium. Metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids including essential components and the biological value of proteins. Vitamins and vitamin deficiency. Minerals and trace components. Diseases related to mineral deficiency, e.g. osteomalacia and anaemia. Obesity and malnutrition including protein-energy malnutrition. Nutritional demands in pregnancy and lactation, and in the infant. Circulation and coronary heart diseases. Diabetes and inborn errors of metabolism. Food allergy. Diseases related to nutrition in the developing countries as well as in the industrialized world. Methods of nutritional research. |
