Objectives

To learn the general concepts about dietetics and nutrition.

To learn the classification of foods and nutrients.

To know the digestive system.

To identify the nutritional and energetic needs.

To learn the functions and characteristics of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals.

To know the importance of water in the human body.

Content

Methodology

Entre el material entregado en este curso se adjunta un documento llamado Guía del Alumno dónde aparece un horario de tutorías telefónicas y una dirección de e-mail dónde podrá enviar sus consultas, dudas y ejercicios. Además recibirá los materiales didácticos que incluye el curso para poder consultarlos en cualquier momento y conservarlos una vez finalizado el mismo.La metodología a seguir es ir avanzando a lo largo del itinerario de aprendizaje online, que cuenta con una serie de temas y ejercicios. Para su evaluación, el alumno/a deberá completar todos los ejercicios propuestos en el curso. La titulación será remitida al alumno/a por correo una vez se haya comprobado que ha completado el itinerario de aprendizaje satisfactoriamente.

What does it prepare you for?

This Master in Clinical Nutrition offers the necessary training in nutrition and dietetics to know the specific needs of various pathological conditions, detailing the specific characteristics for each of them. Students will learn the main aspects of each pathology identifying symptomatology, causes and treatment, adapted to each situation. Thanks to this university master's degree you will learn everything related to the feeding process as well as the effects it produces on the metabolism, on the state of health and on the body composition and its relationship with chemical processes. In addition, as it is a university master's degree you will receive an accredited degree with 60 ECTS credits, which gives it enormous prestige and recognition both professionally and academically.

Who is it aimed at?

Aimed at nutritionists with a university degree and other health professionals with a university degree.

Career opportunities

The knowledge acquired throughout this Master's Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics offers professionals in medicine and health sciences in general, the possibility of completing their studies in the health field. In addition, it will allow you to develop your professional activity as a dietitian-nutritionist in medical offices and responsible for the elaboration of balanced menus in geriatric residences, among others. It will also enable you to carry out a clinical evaluation of the patient, depending on the pathology he/she suffers for its treatment.