| | Fundamentals of nutritional status assessment in health and disease using the dietary, nutritional,
anthropometrical, clinical, biochemical, health and psychosocial indicators for a suitable nutrition
intervention; selected practical applications | Third Year |
| | Applied concepts of human nutrition emphasizing the elements of nutritional care process, role of
the nutritionist dietitian, concept of dietary guides , criteria of the healthful diet , dietary standards
and methods of determination under different physiological conditions . Malnutrition in the
individual and community and its evaluation and management, drug-nutrient interactions and
nutrition and physical fitness. | Third Year |
| | Relationship between nutrition and contemporary changes in dietary intake patterns and the
development of chronic diseases of affluence such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancer, gout,
and cardiovascular and renal diseases. Epidemiology of diseases and their prevention focusing
on the use of healthful diet. | Fourth Year |
| | Applications in balanced healthy nutrition including biochemical, clinical, anthropometric and
dietary nutritional indicators, and meal planning for different and age and physiological groups.
Nutritional epidemiology and use of laboratory animals in nutritional research. Training in
therapeutic nutrition for different disease conditions covering planning therapeutic diets and
applications of nutritional care elements. | Fourth Year |
| | Nutrients: Classification, food sources, functions and requirements; concepts of balanced meals,
malnutrition: causes and management. Food preservation and processing: refrigeration, drying,
pickling, concentration, freezing, fermentation and use of chemical preservatives. Meal
preparation. Food groups and their use in dietary planning .The practical part includes training on
food preservation skills using different | Second Year |
| | Training of the students to collect information on a certain subject in an area
of specialization from different sources; presentation and discussion of the subject | Fourth Year |
| | An advanced level study of the physiological and biochemical aspects of vitamins, emphasizing
their nutritional & pharmaceutical interactions and associated effects on their functions,
requirements, deficiency signs and toxicity; study of the nutritional status assessment
methodologies of the vitamins; prevalence of vitamin deficiencies locally and internationally;
therapeutic uses of the vitamins | MSc |
| | Study of physiological and biochemical aspects of exercise in man, human performance, and the
nature of cardio-respiratory fitness and muscular efficiency; the methods of measuring human
energy expenditure during physical activity and energy capacity as well; the role of nutritional
factors in various responses to exercise; diets and ergogenic aids for athletes; the impact of
nutrition and exercise on the reduction of risk factors in diseases of lifestyle | MSc |
