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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
VETE2042-1  Nutrition and health

Duration :  20h Th, 12h Pr, 8h Mon. WS
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Specialized Veterinary MedicineSecond semester2
Lecturer :  Antoine Clinquart, Georges Daube, Marie‑Louise Scippo
Coordinator :  Marie‑Louise Scippo
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
  • Introduction
  • Main nutriments
  • Nutritional needs
  • Main components of food
  • Pathologies linked to food
  • Diet excluding food from animal origin
  • Functionnal food / Novel food / Food supplements
  • Tools used in nutrition education
  • Nutriotionnal labelling, health and nutritionnal claims
Learning outcomes of the course :  
The aims of this course are the following : - training to background knowledge about the management of nutritional quality of food ;
- introduction to the legislation about main components of food from animal origin, and to their analytical methods;
- introduction to the legislation about nutritionnal labelling (composition of food, health and nutritionnal claims), novel food and food supplements; - relationship between health and food from animal origin consumption;
- presentation of some tools used in education to health
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
This master can be followed, after drawing up a file, to veterinaries os students with an equivalent graduation level. For questions in relation with admissions, please see the following link : http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/a_15711/admissions
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Practical training in laboratory about analytical methods to measure humidity, proteins and lipids (etc) content in food
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
* theoretical courses
* practical training
* exercices
Recommended or required readings :  
Via WebCT
Assessment methods and criteria :  
written exam and oral exam (with preparation)
Contacts :  
Pr. Antoine Clinquart, en charge de l'enseignement
· Pr. Georges Daube, en charge de l'enseignement
· Pr. Marie-Louise Scippo, en charge de l'enseignement
· Caroline Douny, assistante
· Christine Bal, secrétaire

Université de Liège, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Département des sciences des denrées alimentaires, Bld de Colonster, 20. Sart-Tilman, B43bis, Liège, Belgique
tél : +32-4-366 40 40 40
fax : +32-4-366 40 44
E-mail : antoine.clinquart@ulg.ac.be, georges.daube@ulg.ac.be, mlscippo@ulg.ac.be, cdouny@ulg.ac.be, christine.bal@ulg.ac.be - Website : http://www.dda.ulg.ac.be/


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