General Hygiene and Sports Nutrition 1Module Sports Nutrition
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: WALTER CURRENTIExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide first of all the basic notions of human nutrition (main characteristics of foods, nutritional principles and their digestion, absorption and metabolism) in order to be able to address the main issues related to sports nutrition and supplementation.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
Required Prerequisites
Good knowledge of General and Organic Chemistry.
Good knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
Good knowledge of General Biochemistry and Nutrition
Good knowledge of energy metabolism during physical activities
Attendance of Lessons
strongly recommended
Detailed Course Content
1) Introduction to the course
2) LARN
3) Macronutrients
4) Micronutrients
5) Diets; Mediterranean diet, Vegetarian diet, Low carb diet, High protein diet
6) Measurement of body composition
7) Basal metabolism and total daily expenditure
7) Muscle Bioenergetics in physical activities and nutrition
8) Supplements
Textbook Information
- Teacher notes
- Alimentazione nello sport, William McArdle Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Please refer to the course outline | Teacher notes. William McArdle, Alimentazione nello sport . Casa editrice ambrosiana |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Written exam on the topics explained in class
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
LARN
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO
The role of creatine
METs