Introduction to Nutrition and Developmental Disabilities

Catalog description

This elective course applies the knowledge of nutrition to the needs of people with developmental disabilities based on the practice of scientific evidence. The basic information of the main deficiencies in the development and nutrition, general requiremen ts and dietary recommendations are discussed. Through lectures and group discussion nutritional aspects that lead to these conditions and nutritional risks as well as interactions between drugs used to treat these conditions and nutrients and nutritional status are discussed. The state of the research is discussed in relation to nutrition and developmental disabilities after completing the course the student is expected to consider the role of nutrition as an essential discipline within the interdisciplinary team of health of this population from the point of view of nutrition assessment, nutrition therapy and monitoring.