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Nutrition and Human Disease

Course Description: Theoretical content: Clarifying the relationship between nutrition and diseases – the interaction between food and medication – the process of nutritional care and its stages – and nutritional care for patients with common chronic diseases (heart disease and atherosclerosis – diabetes – liver diseases – kidney diseases – cancers) – nutritional care before and after surgical operations and in cases of burns. Practical content: Identifying blood plasma and serum samples – estimating some biochemical blood tests (glucose – cholesterol – triglycerides – urea – creatinine – liver enzymes). Using the food exchange system in planning therapeutic diets for patients with chronic diseases.
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: FSNU344
Objectives of the course :

The course aims to familiarize students with the relationship between nutrition and diseases, as well as appropriate and sound nutritional care for patients with common chronic diseases (heart disease and arteriosclerosis, diabetes, liver diseases, kidney diseases, cancers) and how to provide nutritional counseling to these patients. It also aims to equip students with skills that enable them to assist and guide patients in choosing appropriate and healthy foods.

Course outputs :

At the end of studying this course, the student will be able to:
1. Nutritional care summary and therapeutic meal planning for patients with common chronic diseases.
It clarifies permissible and prohibited foods for patients with various illnesses.
3. He performs some biochemical blood tests and writes the relationship between the results of these tests and various inherited diseases.

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  • Last updated: July 7, 2026

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