Master in Metabolism and Human Nutrition

Education objectives

The Master in Metabolism and Human Nutrition combines human nutrition with metabolism and aims to train highly qualified staff to analyze in a systematic and integrated manner the main health problems related to inadequate lifestyles.

The master's degree is focused on strategies to promote healthy lifestyles from a perspective of Lifestyle Medicine, prevent diseases, especially chronic non-
transmissible diseases, prevent metabolic malformation as a result of exposure to dietary factors during life in utero, and active and healthy aging .

This master's degree prepares students to be able to diagnose and intervene, to identify the causes and consequences associated with inappropriate eating habits, recognizing the molecular mechanisms of the disease involved. It prepares students not only for interventions based on scientific evidence, but also to be able to assess the effectiveness of these interventions and empower them with tools to generate scientific evidence and guidelines.