Development and Accreditation of a New Study Programme for a European Master Degree in Nutrition Studies

Abstract

The last decades have seen the nutrition sciences experience an explosive progress at global level and find applications in key areas of public health and personal protection. WHO/FAO recommendations and EU action platforms underline the need for a larger and more efficient promotion of healthy food habits and of a healthy lifestyle. In this context, we have developed the Master Programme entitled “Nutrition and Life Quality”. The objectives and topics of this programme put it in line with the agenda of the health policies of the European Union. Its main objective is the promotion of balanced food in a context of healthy lifestyle, increased quality of life, provision of individual and collective welfare, prevention of illnesses. The curricula include specialised subjects studying nutrition physiology and physiopathology, nutritional psychology, clinical and community nutrition, nutrition for sportsmen and sportswomen, study of food supplements and functional food, food safety and security, etc., as well as modules ensuring training of the graduates for a teaching carrier or for scientific research. The “Nutrition and Life Quality” Master Programme ensures addition and improvement of the qualification of graduates of various Bachelor's Degree programmes of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, while ensuring the possibility of advanced studies (Bologna II) for the graduates of the Bachelor's Degree programme for Nutrition and Dietetics (Bologna I).