Specialized nutrition

Teacher(s)

Hermans Dominique; Smets Françoise; Wittebole Xavier;

Language

French
> English-friendly

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

This course is divided in two parts :
1)    Nutrition for infants and children
Physiological development
Nutrients needs for growth and development
Milk for infants
Food for infants and children
Feeding the infant and the children
2)    Artificial nutrition
Indications of artificial nutrition
         Complications of artificial nutrition
         Malnutrition
Nutritional needs
         Products for enteral nutrition
         Products for parenteral nutrition
Artificial nutrition at home

Content

Pediatric nutrition
Artificial nutrition: enteral and parenteral

Faculty or entity

FASB