ALIM0010-3

Duration

18h Th

Number of credits

	Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)	2 crédits
	Master in bioengineering : chemistry and bio-industries (120 ECTS)	2 crédits

Lecturer

Jérôme Bindelle

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

I. Introduction: why eat?; II. Body size and composition; III. Digestion and absorption; IV. Metabolism; V. Vitamins ; VI. Minerals; VII. Dietary requirements and composition of food; VIII. Functional foods; IX. Regulation of food intake; X. Nutrition and health;

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student will gain basic knowledge on the changes that the consumed food undergoes in the digestive tract, the fate of the nutrients and the effects on the functioning of the human body. The student will gain insights in the need of macro- and micronutrients for humans. Special aspects (such as functional food, allergies,...) related to nutrition will be highlighted.
The individual assessment serves to understand how a varied diet can meet the requirements and gives insight in the daily energy balance.
In general, after completing the course the student is expected to have the ability:

To synthesize and critically analyze, based on scientific information, his nutritional habits
To communicate it as a report
To formulate a diet taking into account the different nutritional and health-related constraints

This course will contribute to the acquisition of the following skills:
For AGRO:

Diagnose on agronomical processes in technical terms
to set-up an experimental plan or a sampling plan based upon a well-formulated hypothesis, and interprete the results
Identify limiting parameters of a process or a system

For CHIM:

Identify the constraints related to the formulation of food
Constitute a corpus of scientific articles or technical notres and to identify relevant information and to generate a critical synthesis

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Master bioengineering: chemistry and bioindustries, first year:
CHIM9239-2 Biological molecules chemistry
BIOL2011-1 Comparative animal anatomy and physiology

Master bioengineering: agricultural sciences, second year:
CHIM9239-2 Biological molecules chemistry
BIOL2011-1 Comparative animal anatomy and physiology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

+/- 18 hours of theory

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

face-to-face

Assessment methods and criteria

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person

Additional information:

First session: Oral exam (70%); Second session: Oral exam (70%)
Individual assessment (mandatory; 30%)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is divided into two parts: one theoretical part and one individual assessment.

Contacts

jerome.bindellet@uliege.be

Food, human nutrition and dietetics