Knowledge and understanding:
the student will acquire theoretical knowledge of the importance of the health status of the population and of the tools that can be used to promote and educate the health of citizens, particularly in relation to diet and lifestyle in general, which form the basis for the maintenance of health status or the occurrence of disease. They will acquire knowledge of current national and international programmes to promote healthy lifestyles among the population.

Applying knowledge and understanding:
The student will acquire the ability to propose and predict programmatic strategies for health promotion in different opportunistic settings.
Making judgements:
The student acquires the independent ability to evaluate and analyse the different programmatic texts on health promotion and to derive from them the necessary ideas for guiding educational processes of people in different age groups. He must be able to identify important problems in the field of public health and propose remedial measures.

Communication skills: Ability to use scientific vocabulary appropriate to the subject.

Learning skills:
the student must demonstrate that he/she has independently and profitably studied the material provided by the lecturer and the topics covered in the course, as well as related courses

Basics of food hygiene

The state of health (old and new concepts). Life skills. The Ministry of Health's and OMS programmatic documents on health promotion. Gaining Health and School. Healthy lifestyles. Link between nutrition and health: food safety and nutrition. Physical activity. The WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases in Italy. "Guidelines for a healthy diet" from the CREA Centre for Food and Nutrition Research. Where to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Classroom teaching materials will be provided on electronic support

The state of health (old and new concepts). What it means to promote health. The difference between education and health promotion. Life skills How life skills can help support a healthy lifestyle. How health can be promoted: Personal-behavioural level and structural level. The Ministry of Health's programmatic document Achieving Health: Objectives and strategies. Health in international, national and regional policy. Population monitoring. Gaining Health and School. Healthy lifestyles. Link between nutrition and health: food safety and nutrition. Physical activity. The WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. The recommended level of physical activity by age groups and population subgroups. Modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases in Italy: smoking, harmful and risky alcohol consumption, poor diet, physical inactivity. "Guidelines for a healthy diet" from the CREA Centre for Food and Nutrition Research. Where to promote a healthy lifestyle: Health, school, workplace

Frontal lessons will be held in the classroom with visual support

Course slides and other study material are uploaded to the Course Teams platform

Written test consisting of 9 multiple-choice questions and 3 open questions. The duration of the test is 2 hours. The final mark will be determined from thirty points according to the following criteria: 1 point for each correct multiple answer and 0 points for an incorrect or missing answer, 7 points for each open answer if the student has demonstrably acquired an excellent knowledge of the subject, answered exhaustively and with an excellent command of the language. A lower score than 7 is also provided for multiple answers from 5 to 1 point if the answer is incomplete or only partially correct and the argument is presented in a convoluted manner and with little or no knowledge of the language, 0 points if the student does not answer or does not demonstrate acceptable knowledge of the content.
The dates for the module examinations, the registration of the student for the partial examination and the notification of the grade to the student are managed on the ESSE3 platform

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)