Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Food as Medicine: Food, Exercise and the Gut
Monash University
The course covered topics including the involvement of inflammation in disease development and progression, the complexity and variability of inflammatory responses in non-communicable diseases, the role of nutrition for optimising management of low-grade chronic inflammation, a whole-diet approach, and engaging patients with patients and responding to common nutrition and inflammation related questions.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Helen Truby
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Monash University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the different gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by individuals participating in sport and exercise, including the degree of incidence and severity.
- Explain the concept of exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome, and the associated acute and chronic health implication.
- Describe the key factors that exacerbate exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome.
- Summarise the current evidence-based prevention and management strategies for exercise-associated gastrointestinal perturbations and symptoms.
- Evaluate the efficacy of these prevention and management strategies.
Syllabus
- The gastrointestinal tract
- Exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome
- Exacerbators
- Nutritional intervention and dietary modification
- Gut training
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Issued on 25th November 2017
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