Child Diet Therapy

Objectives

The Child Dietotherapy subject is part of the subject of Intervention Strategies in Food and Health, included in the Optional module, corresponding to the optional training of the degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. There are no prerequisites, but it is recommended to have taken the Dietotherapy and Clinical Nutrition subjects and the Physiopathology I and II subjects.

This optional subject aims to reinforce the knowledge acquired in the area of clinical nutrition, but it focuses on dietary therapeutic treatment in children.

The objectives that students must achieve are:

• Acquire the generic concepts of child nutrition.
• Plan a correct diet adapted to the pediatric age and to each of the different pathologies.

Learning outcomes

• RA1. Knows how to attend to the health needs of groups with special needs.
• LO2. Implements feeding plans for sick individuals in the pediatric field.
• LO3. Uses resources and appropriately applies group and individual intervention techniques.
• LO4. Conveys information to the public in an appropriate manner using appropriate registers for specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Skills

Specific skills

• Design and implement feeding plans for individuals and groups, composed of both healthy children, pregnant women, sportsmen and women, etc., and sick individuals, with due consideration of different nutritional techniques and support products for use by dietitians and nutritionists.

Basic skills

• Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have competencies typically demonstrated through drafting and defending arguments and solving problems in their field of study.

Content

1. Introduction to pediatric nutrition
2. Baby food
3. Evaluation of the nutritional status in the pediatric age
4. Feeding in premature children
5. Alterations of the digestive system
6. Special diets

Evaluation

According to the academic regulations for undergraduate studies at UVic-UCC, there is only one official call that foresees two different evaluation periods:

• Ordinary period, which takes place in an integrated way in the training process and during the teaching period.
• Complementary assessment period, in which the student can be assessed again for the tasks, activities or tests that he has not passed satisfactorily within the framework of the first period.

ordinary period

The continuous evaluation of the activities carried out by the student is carried out through:

• Course activity: 50%; non recoverable
• Theoretical exam: 50%; recoverable

The final mark of the subject is the result of the weighting of the marks obtained in each of the parts. The subject is passed if a grade ≥5 is obtained. Also, in order to be able to weight it with the rest of the assessment instruments, the exam grade must be equal to or higher than 5.

Complementary evaluation period

The student who does not pass some of the activities considered recuperable can retake them during this period, as long as the total of unpassed parts of the subject does not account for 50% of the final grade.

The final grade for this period is obtained by taking the weighted average of the grades obtained during the ordinary period and, if some activities have been recovered, in the complementary assessment. The subject is passed if a grade ≥5 is obtained.

important

Plagiarism or copying someone else's work is penalized at all universities and, according to the UVic-UCC Coexistence Rules , constitutes serious or very serious offences. Therefore, in the course of this subject, plagiarism or the misappropriation of other people's texts or ideas (see what is considered plagiarism ) and the improper or undeclared use of artificial intelligence in an activity are translated automatically in suspension or other disciplinary measures.

To cite texts and materials appropriately, consult the academic citation guidelines and guidelines available on the UVic Library website.

Methodology

• Master classes
• Participation in offline activities
• Reading articles and solving cases

Bibliography

Key references

• Bueno M, Sarría A, Pérez-González JM. (2007). Nutrición en Pediatría (3 ed.). Ergon.
• Pedrón Giner C. (2021). Manual para la práctica de la dieta cetogénica (2º Ed). Retrieved from https://www.seghnp.org/documentos/manual-para-practica-de-dieta-cetogenica-2a-edicion
• Segarra Cantón O, Redecillas Ferreiro S, Clemente Bautista S (2022). Guía de Nutrición Pediátrica Hospitalaria (5 ed.). Ergon.
• Tojo, R. (2001). Tratado de Nutrición Pediatrica. Doyma.