| Department of Human Nutrition | |||||||||||||||||
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| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | continuous evaluation Some Aid allowed Description of Examination: pass/fail, internal examiner Projektrapport | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | 3 weeks course | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | 3-week course January | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Physiology equivalent to the BSc in food science. | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The aim is to equip the student with concepts and understanding of food and nutrition security in developing countries and to provide the students with theoretical background for undertaking appropriate actions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| During the course, the student will learn how to: -describe nutrition security and its dimensions and connections to food security at national level and household level, -identify clinical characteristics of populations suffering from malnutrition, -explain indicators of populations in nutrition insecurity, -identify and plan actions for prevention and treatment of malnutrition using a food based approach and -plan actions for improving nutrition security -identify and describe a case study within food and nutrition security, suggest appropriate actions and present and discuss them both orally and written. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| The course comprises lectures, group and plenum discussions, thematic group work, student presentations, tutorials, excursions and video sessions. | |||||||||||||||||
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| A compendium will be for sale at the start of the course. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Error. Person Not Found Shakuntala Thilsted, sht@life.ku.dk, Department of Human Nutrition/Paediatric Nutrition and International Nutrition, Phone: 35332536 | |||||||||||||||||
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