Information Package / Course Catalogue
Balanced Diet
Course Code: EU258
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To give information about the nutrient contents of foods by making the definition of nutrition and balanced nutrition. To inform students about healthy eating models, basic principles of healthy eating. to ensure healthy and balanced menu planning. to gain skills about nutrition disorders

Course Content

Lesson; definition of a balanced diet, what the food components are and the duties of nutrients, metabolism, energy requirements, nutritional defects, diseases caused by malnutrition.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hafize Ayla SARI
Learning Outcomes
1.
2.Knows the duties of nutrients in our body
3.Define and use healthy nutrition models in our country and in the world
4.Adequate and balanced menu / menus plans.
5.Gains knowledge of nutritional disorders.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Mehmetoğlu İ.(2007) Gıdalar ve Sağlıklı Beslenme, Nesil matbaacılık, İstanbul, s:38-60)
2.Beslenme kitabı:Prof. Dr. Ayşe Baysal
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Adequate and balanced nutrition
Week 2 - Theoretical
carbohydrates
Week 3 - Theoretical
proteins
Week 4 - Theoretical
Fats and their importance in nutrition
Week 5 - Theoretical
Minerals
Week 6 - Theoretical
Vitamins, Water
Week 7 - Theoretical
Disease-specific healthy diet
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Nutritional Disorders (midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
baby feeding
Week 10 - Theoretical
child nutrition
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nutrition of the elderly
Week 12 - Theoretical
Healthy, adequate and balanced menu examples
Week 13 - Theoretical
Healthy, adequate and balanced menu examples
Week 14 - Theoretical
Disorders occurring in vitamin deficiency
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Individual Work100220
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)48
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
3
3
3
5
OÇ-2
2
3
5
OÇ-3
4
3
4
3
OÇ-4
4
5
OÇ-5
2
2
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026