BY ATTENDING THIS COURSE, YOU WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE:
Genes are interlocutors and an opportunity for dialogue with the environment. The plasticity of the genome is an extraordinary fact. Inspired by the course program and the work of Randy L. Jirtle, we invite you to appreciate the teaching content we propose and what the memories of the knowledge journey can do in the professional exercise of guidance and nutritional monitoring of pregnant women, lactating women, children and teenagers. The genotypic-environmental interaction – the dialogue – begins with the beginning of life. We started the conversation, i.e., the technical-scientific discussion, from the meeting of sparks of life, gametes throughout adolescence. Food planning, designed to match and go beyond metabolism, paired with development and growth, is a determinant of well-being and health. It will interfere in favour or against the probability of certain chronic diseases or in the full phenotypic expression of the most varied parameters of development and growth. Everyone will easily see existing associations between dietary intervention and the optimization of physical, motor, mental and socio-emotional expression. Thus, with this course, led by a team of nutritionists who combine a noteworthy academic and professional background, students will benefit, objectively and pragmatically, from a transforming impact on professional practice and, inherently, people and society.
PROGRAM
Nutrition and Diet During Preconception, Pregnancy, and Lactation
9:00am | 1:00pm Inês Tomada
Pre-design;
Metabolic programming concept;
Pregnancy, lactation;
Presentation and discussion of clinical cases.
Nutrition and Diet from 0 to 10 Years Old
9:00am | 1:00pm Inês Tomada
Breastfeeding.
Food diversification.
Feeding behaviour in the 2nd year of life.
Specifics in preschool and school age.
Presentation and discussion of clinical cases.
Nutrition and Diet for Ages 11 to 18
9.00 | 11.00 Inês Tomada
Particularities of adolescent eating + Influence of peers and environmental factors.
Presentation and discussion of clinical cases.
Eating Behavior in Adolescence
8:00pm | 10:00pm Maria Travassos
Eating behavior in adolescence.
Red flags / warning signs.
Pediatric Nutrition in Special Contexts
9.00 | 11.00 SANDRA SILVA
Vegetarian Diet
Health and vegetarian diets in children and teenagers;
Growth and development of children and teenagers with vegetarian dietary patterns;
Nutritional adequacy of vegetarian food in children and teenagers.
11:00am | 1:00pm Inês Páuda
Food allergy:
prevalence and general concepts;
Manifestations, diagnosis and treatment;
Food avoidance;
Emergency: how to act?
Psychosocial impact of food allergy;
Prevention.
9.00 | 11.00 MARIA RORIZ
Nutrition for Child and Adolescent Athletes
Physiological specificities and nutritional considerations in young athletes;
Supplementation: necessary or forbidden?
Recreational Sport vs. High Performance Sport: particularities.
The Role of Nutritionists in Schools
11:00am | 1:00pm Bela Franchini
A perspective in the field of public health/community nutrition
Development and implementation of Food Education projects in the school context.
8:00pm | 10:00pm Margarida Liz
A perspective on the institutional food service sector
Preparation of meals with vegetables: fun/playful options, colourful and with flavour.
WORKSHOPS
9:00 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. Lisa Afonso
Part 1: Introduction to Food
10.30 | 11.30 Ana Goios & Catarina Trindade
Part 2: “My child doesn’t like vegetables… now what?”
11:30am | 12:30pm Ana Goios
Part 3: “What Should You Pack in the Kids” Backpacks?”