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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Human Nutrition - AB323014
Title: Human Nutrition
Guaranteed by: Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition (323)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2026 to 2026
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:3
E-Credits: winter s.:3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Hradecká Beverly Ing. Ph.D.
Interchangeability : AB323011, N323041
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is an overview of nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, water, minerals, vitamins), their importance in nutrition, the fundamentals of metabolism and physiology and an overview of the sources in foods. The second part of the course focuses on nutritional recommendations, sensory evaluation of food, alternative nutritional trends, the latest trends in nutrition, the influence of alternative processing technologies on the nutritional value of food, the basics of nutritional hygiene and basic diseases associated with human nutrition. Successful completion of the course also includes preparation of two separate projects, which reflect the knowledge gained within individual thematic areas.
Last update: Hradecká Beverly (14.01.2026)
Course completion requirements -

Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not controlled.

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (09.03.2026)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • Henry, C. J. K., Chapman, C.. The nutrition handbook for food processors. Boca Raton, Oxford: CRC Press ;, Woodhead, , xvii, 483 s. s. ISBN 1855734648.
  • Velíšek, Jan, Cejpek, Karel. Biosynthesis of food components. Tábor: OSSIS ;, 2008, 497 s. s. ISBN 978-80-86659-12-1.
  • Biesalski, Hans Konrad, Grimm, Peter. Pocket atlas of nutrition. New York, Stuttgart ;: Thieme, , xvii, 381 s. s. ISBN 1-58890-238-2.
  • Janice J. Thompson, Melinda Manore, Linda Vaughan. The Science of Nutrition 4th Edition. : Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, 2016, 976 s. ISBN 9780134175096.

Recommended:

  • Da-Wen Sun . Emerging Technologies for Food Processing, second edition. : Academic Press, 2014, 666 s. ISBN 9780124114791.
  • Luboš Sobotka. Basics in Clinical Nutrition, fifth edition. : Galén, spol. s r.o., 2019, 676 s. ISBN 9788074924279.
  • Lisa Rapport, Brian Lockwood. Nutraceuticals, first edition. : Pharmaceutical Press, 2002, 163 s. ISBN 0853695032, 97808536.

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (10.06.2026)
Teaching methods - Czech

Výuka probíhá formou přednášek a samostudia.

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (05.03.2026)
Requirements to the exam -

Course completion conditions: successful defense of a semester project and completion of the exam test (51% or more)

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (09.03.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Introduction, basic characteristics of nutrients, nutritional problems, factors influencing nutrition

2. Proteins, peptides, amino acids

3. Carbohydrates

4. Fats

5. Minerals, water in nutrition

6. Energy balance

7. Vitamins and antioxidants

8. Trends in nutrition

9. Alternative processing technologies - impact on the nutritional value of food

10. Nutrition guidelines

11. Alternative nutritional directions

12. Sensory evaluation of food

13. Basics of nutritional hygiene

14. Basic characteristics of diseases associated with human nutrition

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (14.01.2026)
Learning resources -

Food and Nutrition Information Centre, http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/

Nutrition Government; http://www.nutrition.gov/

Food and Drug Administration (FDA); http://www.fda.gov/ (mainly for news)

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); http://www.efsa.europa.eu (mainly for news)

http://www.brainkart.com/subject/Introduction-to-Human-Nutrition_244/

Studium materials available on e-learning.

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (05.03.2026)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

  • characterize the nutrients in terms of their importance in nutrition and physiological requirements
  • assess positives and negatives of conventional and alternative nutrition trends
  • create and assess a meal plan of the general population and to suggest changes to meal plans according to physiological needs
Last update: Hradecká Beverly (14.01.2026)
Entry requirements -

Biochemistry

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (14.01.2026)
Registration requirements -

Biochemistry

Food Chemistry

Last update: Hradecká Beverly (14.01.2026)
 
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