Clinical Nutrition

Course Outline: Clinical Nutrition

Course Responsible: Lalas Stavros

This course introduces basic knowledge in the field of dietary management of acute and chronic diseases. It aims to help students understand the diet therapy required to manage patients and to design appropriate dietary interventions at both an individual and a population level.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Understand the main nutritional problems affecting individuals and populations.
  • Recognize the importance of nutrition not only in the prevention but also in the treatment
  • of clinical cases.
  • Perceive the scientific significance and evolution of the academic field of Dietetics- Nutrition, through epidemiological and clinical studies.
  • Evaluate recent scientific data in the field related to population groups that are at increased risk of developing diet-related diseases or who already have a diet-related disease.