Health Effects of Alternative Dietary Habits

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

  • Varjas Tímea

    assistant professor,
    Department of Public Health Medicine

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OSF-ATS-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Dentistry
  • Optional modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 30

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: GYTK TTK

Topic

Nowadays, various fashion diets and dietary habits for weight loss are very common, and they are increasingly faced by the attending physician. We must also reckon with the long-term health consequences of these diets, as well as their beneficial and possible harmful effects. The aim of the course is to explore alternative diets and the scientifically based health risks of different diets and their role in the prevention of certain chronic diseases.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction, basic aspects of healthy nutrition; The importance of organic food - Varjas Tímea
  • 2. Mediterranean diet - Varjas Tímea
  • 3. Trendy weight loss diets - Varjas Tímea
  • 4. Separations diets - Varjas Tímea
  • 5. Ketogenic diets, the Paleolithic diet - Zand Afshin
  • 6. Ketogenic diets, Atkins diet - Zand Afshin
  • 7. Other forms of extreme nutrition - Varjas Tímea
  • 8. Vegetarian nutrition - Lacto, ovo, lacto-ovo vegetarian diet - Zand Afshin
  • 9. Vegetarian Nutrition - Macrobiotic Diet - Zand Afshin
  • 10. Vegan Nutrition - Strict vegan diet - Zand Afshin
  • 11. Vegan Nutrition - Fruit Eaters, Raw Food - Zand Afshin
  • 12. Whole food plant based diet - Varjas Tímea

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

PPT-presentations (Neptun, Teams)

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

written exam

Mid-term exams

Examination: written test

Making up for missed classes

Based on individual consideration

Exam topics/questions

Neptun

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars