Food and Disease

Doelstellingen van dit vak

To gain knowledge and insight in: • Nutrition (macro and-micronutrients), bioactive substances, anti- oxidants • Physiology and anatomy of the gastro-intestinal tract • Intermediary metabolism • The main diet-related chronic diseases • Dietary recommendations • Novel and functional foods and their impact on human metabolism • Multifactorial problems like obesity and diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases, insight in their etiology • Impact of lifestyle in the prevention of chronic metabolic diseases (mainly diet), including the role of the gut microbiome, non- caloric sweeteners and precision nutrition • Basic principles of the measurement of dietary intake, dietary status and energy expenditure