Micro-credential in Nutrition and Sports Practice

The Micro-credential course in nutrition and sports practice aims to: understand the biological and nutritional basis of Sport; understand the importance of the appropriate use of ergogenic supplements; identify the nutrients used as an energy substrate during exercise; understand the basic concepts inherent to the processes of fat loss and muscle mass increase; know different nutritional approaches to enhance performance in various modalities and pathology according to sex. Contributing to an improvement of the execution procedure and uniformity of nutritional intervention in sport.

Students in the 4th year of the degree course in Dietetics and Nutrition of the Coimbra Health School (ESTeSC-IPC), as well as
holders of the degree in Dietetics and Nutrition who are students of the Master’s course taught by ESTeSC-IPC, can apply for
this micro-credential.

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