Nutrition and Dietetics

Nutrition & Metabolism

Nutrition & Metabolism hold within the studies of molecular nutrition related to obesity, lipedemias, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and exercise physiology. Molecular, cellular and human metabolism, nutrient sensing and nutrient–gene interactions are also in interest to the Nutrition and Metabolism.

Metabolism means all the chemical reactions involved to maintain the living state of cells and organism. Metabolism is of two categories: Catabolism which means the breakdown of molecules to obtain energy, Anabolism that means the synthesis of all compounds needed by the cells. Metabolism is related to nutrition and availability of nutrients. Energy formation is one of the important components of metabolism.