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Course, academic year 2026/2027
  
   
Nutritional diagnostics and informatics - B323016
Title: Nutriční diagnostika a informatika
Guaranteed by: Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition (323)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 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: unknown / unknown (unknown)Schedule is not published yet, this information might be misleading.
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: Stránská Milena prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
This subject contains the following additional online materials
Annotation -
The content of the course is an overview and interpretation of markers that allow you to determine the nutritional status of the client and propose changes in the diet, or nutritional support. Case studies characterizing the impacts of inadequate values are also included. The second part of the course is devoted to the possibilities and pitfalls of working with food composition databases.
Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Course completion requirements -

Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not controlled.

Last update: Stránská Milena (14.04.2025)
Literature -

Recommended:

  • Hloch, Ondřej. Užitečné tabulky pro praxi nejen v interních oborech. : , , 384 stran ; s. ISBN 978-80-271-0311-9.
  • . Referenční hodnoty pro příjem živin. Praha: Společnost pro výživu, 2011, 192 s. s. ISBN 978-80-254-6987-3.
  • Svačina, Štěpán. Klinická dietologie. Praha: Grada, 2008, 381 s. s. ISBN 978-80-247-2256-6.
  • Sharma, Sangita, Pospíšilová, Hana. Klinická výživa a dietologie, v kostce. : , , x, 229 stran s. ISBN 978-80-271-0228-0.

Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Teaching methods -

In the course, students gain basic knowledge about methods of diagnosing the nutritional status of the population and databases and websites that can be used to determine reference values. Students learn through lectures with practical aspects included. Methods are used during teaching to verify understanding of the subject matter, most often in the form of interactive tests during the lecture.

Last update: Stránská Milena (14.04.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam is written with the possibility of an oral exam.

The written part is mandatory, the oral part can only be taken after obtaining at least 50 points from the written part - if less than 50 points are achieved, the exam is graded F.

Last update: Stránská Milena (09.01.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Human metabolism and energy intake

2. Metabolic diseases and their diagnosis

3. Nitrogen balance and urea excretion

4. Glycemia and insulinemia – glucose tolerance disorders, cardiovascular disease, blood lipids, lactate

5. Plasma proteins and assessment of nutritional status, creatinine in nephrology, uric acid

6. Ions and trace elements, phosphorus

7. Other auxiliary markers – vitamins, hormones, liver tests, markers of inflammation, blood count, laboratory examination of urine

8. Energy and material balances

9. Assessment of body composition 1

10. Assessment of body composition 2

11. Breath tests

12. Nutritional database

13. Nutrition calculators

14. Measurement of bioimpedance

Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Learning resources -

http://www1.lf1.cuni.cz/~kocna/glab/glency1.htm

http://employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubowski/classes/ch331/bcintro/default.html

http://www1.lf1.cuni.cz/~kocna/ppt/bioge_20vscht_diag.pdf

http://www1.lf1.cuni.cz/~kocna/ppt/ge_kasu2021.pdf

http://www1.lf1.cuni.cz/~kocna/ppt/dech_pgs21.pdf

https://www.inbody.cz/

Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Characterize the importance and limitations of biochemical parameters used to assess nutritional status

Characterize the importance and limitations of anthropometric and other non-invasive parameters used to assess nutritional status

Critically assess the use of various databases to search for food composition information

Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Entry requirements -

Biochemistry, Human Nutrition

Last update: Stránská Milena (11.04.2025)
Registration requirements -

Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Human Nutrition, Food chemistry

Last update: Stránská Milena (14.04.2025)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 0.5 14
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 1.5 42
3 / 3 84 / 84
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Examination test 50
Oral examination 50

 
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