np4420 Preventive Nutrition

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Ing. Iva Hrnčiříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Michal Šenkyřík (lecturer)
Ing. Iva Hrnčiříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Iva Hrnčiříková, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Within the course the students gain the latest knowledge about nutrition and its role in the prevention of civilization diseases, the role of nutrients, recommended doses by age groups, burden and disease, role of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, fiber. In addition, they will learn about the role of nutrition in the treatment of illnesses that they can most often encounter in their practice (selected civilization diseases, metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes mellitus, malnutrition - celiac disease, Crohn's disease, osteoporosis, anemia, diseases, gall bladder diets). The graduate will be able to compare the recommendations of alternative nutrition with generally accepted basic medical recommendations. On the basis of the acquired knowledge, he will be able to make nutritional recommendations for selected individuals in relation to the disease. The lessons will be practiced at the hospital's internal department.
Learning outcomes
Student will:
1. Know nutritional recommendations in health, prevention of illness and treatment of diseases;
2. Understand the role of nutrition in the treatment of selected diseases;
3. apply recommendations in practice;
4. to promote nutrition recommendations for patients with a disease;
5.porn and analyze nutritional guidelines and diets that are alternative;
6. Evaluate and critically think about alternative nutritional directions.
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • Nutrition in health and disease prevention.
  • Nutrition in cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome
  • Nutrition for obesity, child obesity.
  • Nutrition of diabetics.
  • Nutrition in Celiac Disease, Crohn's Disease.
  • Nutrition for liver diseases. Diets.
  • Nutrition for osteoporosis.
  • Nutrition for malabsorption syndrome.
  • Eating disorders.
  • Nutrition of oncology patients.
  • Alternative nutritional guidelines.
  • Alternative nutritional guidelines - diets.
  • In the course of the seminars students will practically extend their knowledge in the form of critical reading, analysis of expert articles and elaboration of specific nutritional plans for patients.
Literature
    recommended literature
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  • Practical manual of clinical obesity. Edited by Robert F. Kushner - Victor Lawrence - Sudhesh Kumar. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2013, viii, 195. ISBN 9781118643563. info
  • Obesity : prevention and treatment. Edited by Theodore J. Angelopoulos - James M. Rippe. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2012, xviii, 417. ISBN 9781439836712. info
  • Basics in clinical nutrition. Edited by Luboš Sobotka - S. P. Allison. 4th ed. Praha: Galén, 2011, xxxii, 723. ISBN 9788072628216. info
  • A practical manual of diabetes in pregnancy. Edited by David R. McCance - Michael Maresh - David A. Sacks. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, xi, 268 p. ISBN 9781405179041. info
  • Clinical nutrition in practice. Edited by Nicholas Katsilambros. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, vi, 222 p. ISBN 9781444325003. info
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  • Food, diet and obesity. Edited by David J. Mela. Cambridge, England: Woodhead Pub., 2005, xxii, 521. ISBN 0849334403. info
  • Obesity and binge eating disorder. Edited by Simone Munsch - C. Beglinger. New York: Karger, 2005, ix, 222 p. ISBN 3805578326. info
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  • Obesity : preventing and managing the global epidemic : report of a WHO consultation. 1st ed. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000, xii, 253. ISBN 9241208945. info
  • New strategies in clinical nutrition :International ESPEN Satellite Symposium, Vienna, September 1992. Edited by P. Fürst. München: W. Zuckschwerdt Verlag, 1993, 85 s. ISBN 3-88603-462-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecures and exercises
Assessment methods
Compulsory attendance at classes. Excuse max. 2 absences. For successful completion, you must meet: Test 3 times during semester. Number of questions 10. Maximum number of points 30. Minimum points 22. Homework - case studies 3x.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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