Nutrition of healthy children and pediatric clinical dietetics

Course Description

COURSE CONTENT

Macro and micronutrients in children nutriton and assessment of children nutritional status. Assessment of energy and composition of food intake. Healthy nutrition of infants, young children and  adolescents and its role in disease prevention. Nutritional therapy and prevention of chronic diseases in children. The role of nutrition in inflammatory bowel diseases in children. Nutritional allergies. Enteral and parenteral nutrition of children. Nutrition of pediatric hepatology patients. Nutrition of children with chronic neurological diseases. Nutrition of children with chronic nephrology diseases. Nutrition in children with burns. Nutrition of pediatric oncology patients. Nutrition of child before and after surgery. Nutrition of children with rare genetic diseases.

Lectures

Lectures: 10

Seminars: 10

Description of course/module requirements: written and oral exam