Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Barış KARA

Prof. Çiğdem KILIÇASLAN DENİZ

Prof. Tendü Hilal GÖKTUĞ

Prof. Zöhre POLAT

Assoc. Prof. Derya GÜLÇİN

Assoc. Prof. Ebru ERSOY TONYALOĞLU

Assoc. Prof. Özgür KAMER AKSOY

Lec. Abdullah AKPINAR

Principles of Nutrition

Course Code	: ST204
Course Type	: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

It’s aimed to connet between health and nutrition, make it known the significance of food groups and items on the side of nutrition, learn the feeding types and the reasons of the obezity and gracility and energy methabolism, learn the significance of preparing, cooking and preserveing the foods, feeding according to age groups and learn the importance of the nutrition subjects in common diseases.

Course Content

This is the course which contains nutrition and health, nutrition items; carbonhydrats, lipids, proteins, water and minerals, vitamins, other refreshments, energy metabolism, nutrition principles in gracility and obezity, nutrition groups, storing the foods by treating, nutrition of pregnants and breastfeeding women, nutrition of workers and nutrition of sportsmen

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Ecem AKAN

Learning Outcomes

1.	Students will learn the importance of energy and macronutrients of body function and healthy nutrition.
2.	Be able to assess foods according to energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat contents
3.	Learn daily energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat requirements and food sources and amounts according to gender and ages, be able to interpret the dietary patterns of this groups.
4.	The knowladge of energy metabolism, the basal metabolism speed, consuming energy during physical activity, thermic effect of foods and calculating the daily energy need
5.	Learning of baby, child, pregnant and old people nutrition.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	1. Baysal A (2004). Beslenme, Ankara.
2.	2. Baysal A (2002). Genel Beslenme, Ankara.
3.	3. Ersoy G. (2005). Egzersiz ve Spor Performansı için Beslenme, Ankara.
4.	4. Güneş Z. (1998). Spor ve Beslenme, Ankara.
5.	5. Kutluay Merdol M., Başoğlu S. (1997). Beslenme ve Diyetetik Açıklamalı Sözlük, Ankara.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Definition of nutrition, aim of nutrition, sufficient and balanced feding, the effects of nutrition to health and work rate, the main reasons of nutrition problems

Week 2 - Theoretical

Definition of carbohydrats, general features, significance, classifications, metabolism, storing, missions during body process, sources and daily need

Week 3 - Theoretical

Definitions of lipids, general features, significance, classifications, metabolism, storing, missions during body process, sources and daily need

Week 4 - Theoretical

Definitions of proteins, general features, significance, classifications, metabolism, storing, missions during body process, sources and daily need

Week 5 - Theoretical

General information about water and minerals, their sources, biological effects and problems during insufficiency

Week 6 - Theoretical

General information about vitamins, their sources, biological effects and problems during insufficiency

Week 7 - Theoretical

Energy metabolism, the basal metabolism speed, consuming energy during physical activity, thermic effect of foods and calculating the daily energy need

Week 8 - Theoretical

Energy metabolism, the basal metabolism speed and the ralation between pyhsical activity and energy metabolism

Week 9 - Theoretical

Meat, leguminous seeds, eggs, milk and milk derives, cereal, fruit and vegetables, fats and desserts, preserving foods and food hygen

Week 10 - Theoretical

The reason of gracility and obezity and feding types

Week 11 - Theoretical

Principles of feding old people, workers and sportsmen

Week 12 - Theoretical

Feeding of pregnant and breastfeeding women

Week 13 - Theoretical

Feeding of babies and children

Week 14 - Theoretical

Nutrition at malnutrition and metabolic diseases

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Assignment	2	3	1	8
Term Project	1	6	0	6
Quiz	2	0	1	2
Midterm Examination	1	3	1	4
Final Examination	1	3	1	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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