Metabolic Diseases and Eating Behavior

Code: CMS15070M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Health Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

1. Understand what metabolic diseases are, the factors that are associated with their development and their prevalence.
2. Deepen the understanding of the metabolism underlying pathologies such as diabetes and obesity.
3. Understand the concept of metabolic syndrome.
4. Know how to evaluate the importance of metabolic diseases in the context of current health problems
5. Acquire knowledge regarding food and different eating patterns
6. Integrate the previous concepts to establish the relationship between food and metabolic health
7. Know the main determinants of food choices and preferences
8. Know the definition of eating disorder and the classifications of different eating disorders
9. Carry out/design studies in the area, establishing hypotheses and objectives, proposing methodologies, analyzing and discussing results and presenting them.
10. Develop critical thinking in the area of food and metabolism

METABOLIC DISEASES
- Metabolic diseases in the national and international context
- General concepts about diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension
- Diet/eating patterns, lifestyles and development of metabolic diseases The case of the Mediterranean Diet
- Ways to prevent and treat obesity
- Metabolic syndrome

EATING BEHAVIOR
- Physiology of eating behavior: pre-ingestive, ingestive and post-ingestive phases
- Homeostatic regulation of eating behavior
- Hedonic regulation of eating behavior
- Sensory characteristics of food (and external signs) and eating behavior
- Psychological, socio-economic and marketing determinants of eating behavior

EATING BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
- Biological, social and cultural determinants of eating behavior disorders
- Anorexia nervosa
- Nervous bulimia
- Binge eating
- Unspecified eating behavior disorders

Teaching Methods

The classes will be theoretical-practical in nature with debate, in which the basic concepts to be taught will be transmitted with audiovisual support. Problems and information will be interpreted taking into account the knowledge learned in classes and tutorial guidance will be provided for the presentation of group work.
On the other hand, collaborative work will be promoted, in small groups, on the determinants of food choice and its relationship with metabolic diseases and eating behavior, identifying and substantiating risk factors.