Principles and Chemistry of Dietary Products

This course will provide students with an understanding of:
-The nutritional needs of people in the various life stages. The life cycle groups are infancy, childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation, and elderly.
- basic epidemiological concepts and application,
- Identify the nutrition as a tool for achievement of optimal health. The educational objective of the course is to provide basic knowledge relating to the main dietary products and functional foods treated in the herbal sector, starting from those for children and moving on to those for specific types of adult consumers.

The student will develop critical thinking skills in relation to the principles of dietetics, in order to favorably affect food consumption habits of people. the course is to provide basic knowledge relating to the main dietary products and functional foods treated in the herbal sector, starting from those for children and moving on to those for specific types of adult consumers.