FOOD AND HEALTH IN THE TROPICS

Code: PAO13412O

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Health Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

4. 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

Provide knowledge on the cus theoretical bases and understanding of the problems existing in tropical regions.
Develop the ability of students to integrate and make autonomous use of this knowledge.
Develop the students ability to deal with complex phenomena, issues and situations, and develop the students potential for professional activities that demand considerable autonomy, including research and development.
Develop students skills to critically analyse the possible solutions to the existing problems,
evaluating the pros and cons, and selecting the most appropriate alternatives considering the
opportunities and constraints

Food: local resources, potentialities and limitations. Nutritional requirements and how to supply them with local resources: energy, carbohydrates, carbohydrates, lipids, minerals and vitamins. Nutritional requirements according to age, gender and level of activity. Elaboration of a balanced and healthy diet. Nutritional deficiencies, physical and cognitive development. Food safety.

Health: environment and health, public health - health problems in the tropics, hygiene and health. Environmental quality and health. Traditional medicine vs. conventional medicine. Major health problems in the tropics - malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS. Pathways of disease transmission. Nutritional deficiencies, physical development and health.
Education for health