Nutrional Epidemiology

This curricular unit requires prior knowledge of the fundamentals of epidemiology, which is why it is addressed at the beginning of the discipline.

1. The lectures

Theoretical classes will be expository and will have as main objective the realization of practical exercises for the application of the contents taught in the theoretical exposition classes as well as the reading and interpretation of scientific articles.

2. Theoretical-practical classes

they will be taught using the demonstration of the subjects taught using the example by the teacher and repetition by the student. there will be no physical contact in any of the demonstrations between the students.

The practical exercises used in classes will be available to complement the syllabus taught in the lectures. Another very important component in the continuous assessment is the understanding and correct interpretation of scientific articles published in national and international journals that consist of epidemiological studies. One of the objectives outlined for the ongoing assessment is de application of the teaching concepts. Therefore, it will be possible to students verify if they understand the presenting materials and allow teachers to understand if the concepts being learned correctly.

The main objective is to investigate the contribution of diet and related factors, nutritional status and disease in
humans. This is an exciting area of study because it allows elucidate the potential causes and prevention of
situations related to the disease. It is therefore crucial that the dietitian / nutritionist acquire skills to meet these
challenges, we develop a questioning spirit that properly balances the problems and propose appropriate
solutions.
It is intended to develop skills for the future dietitian / nutritionist to base their daily practice in research data, using
epidemiological principles, so it is essential to interpret them critically establishing a reasoned about their
strengths and weaknesses judgment.
In order to fully understand the course, knowledge about the fundamentals of epidemiology is required, and is therefore quickly taught at the beginning of the course.

1. Presentation of the discipline. Objectives and methods.
2. The epidemiology. Concept and historical perspective. Fundamentals of epidemiology
3.The emergence of nutritional epidemiology.
4. Methods. Analytical and descriptive
5.Interpretation epidemiological research. Criteria for causal inference.
6.Interation, host, environment, agent in nutritional epidemiology.
7.Questões ethics in nutritional epidemiology.
8.Monitorization and nutritional surveillance.
9. The role of epidemiological studies in determining the causal relationship between diet and disease. Nutritional epidemiology

NAO

Primária

Willett, W. (2012). Nutritional epidemiology. Oxford university press.

Bonita, R., Beaglehole, R., & Kjellström, T. (2010).Basuc Epidemiology. World Health Organization: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/43541/9788572888394_por.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y

Secundária

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5 (5th edition) (Vol. 5, No. 5). Washington, DC: American psychiatric association.

Margetts, B. M., & Nelson, M. (1997). Overview of the principles of nutritional epidemiology. Design concepts in nutritional epidemiology, 3-38.Oxford University Press

Porta, M. (Ed.). (2014). A dictionary of epidemiology. Oxford university press.

Rothman, K. J. (2002). An Introduction. Oxford University Press.