L'UMR Nutripass prendra fin au 31 décembre 2020 - Rendez-vous dans les UMRs Moisa et QualiSud

Goal and content

This UE aims to deliver basic skills on the foods and the used technological processes in the Southern countries; to initiate at the ways of improvement of feeding practices and of the nutritional quality of food ; offer a tailored approach taking in account the different contexts of Southern countries.     

Are addressed :

• the different food strategies of improvement of the nutritional situations : diversification, fortification, biofortification.

• the main methods of characterization of the nutritional value of food used as part of V2ASN.

• the food importance, the traditional transformations and the nutritional value of main food groups met in the Southern countries. 

• the food of the pregnant women, the infant and the young child : importance, recommandations, characteristics to impart to foods ; production and evaluation of improvement strategies.

• exemples of improvement strategies of the diet of others vulnerable groups. 

Number of ECTS

5

Conditions and number of hours

In-class learning 
   CM : 42 h
   ED : 3 h

Obligatory

Obligatory for the International Nutrition course.

Recommanded for

International Nutrition

Knowledge Test Details

1 written exam (2h) at the semester 3

Commentaries

Prerequisites: General nutrition, biochimestry and food technology notions.

The teachers are researchers and engineers of research institutes, a doctor-pediatrician and professionals in nutritional education.

Supervisor

Claire Mouquet-Rivier, IRD, UMR NUTRIPASS