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Studying introduction to Food microbiology, factors that affect the growth of microorganisms, bacterial spores and indicator microorganisms, fermentation of foods, spoilage of fruits and vegetables, milk and dairy products,meat, fish and meat products, water and methods of microbiological investigations. Investigating microbiology in the production and spoilage of foods, contamination of enfection from food to people. Give informations about parasites, fungi, molds, viruses that cause spoilage of foods. food poisoning and give practical informations about food storage methods.

Definition and content of biochemistry,functions and importance of biological water, Acids and bases, pH concept, importance, buffer systems,amino acids, structure and classification, three-dimensional structures of proteins, biological importance, classification of enzymes, enzyme regulation,functions and coenzyme, carbohydrates, definitions of proteins and amino acids and their metabolism,functions of enzymes and hormones here, nucleic acids, purine and pyrimidine metabolism. biochemical foundations of nutritional science, using basic biochemistry information, the biochemical connections between gender,age, special condition, disease, exercise and dietary fuels, nutrients, non-nutrient dietary components and different dietary practices in different environments are examined.

This course provides comprehensive information about food chemistry and analysis, without categorizing foods according to their names, according to the basic nutrients they contain: At the end of the course, the student will learn the physical and chemical properties of the macro elements and other components in the structure of the food, the physical and chemical reactions that affect the quality of the food, learns the principles of related fundamental analysis. Water chemistry, carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, essential elements in foods, structure - classification, properties, qualitative and quantitative tests of proteins and fats.

While the structure of enzymes, their classification, the factors affecting enzyme activity, their presence in foods and their use in the food industry, and the substances that give flavor, taste and odor are given theoretically, the aforementioned subjects are studied in the laboratory.

Determining the nutritional status and nutritional habits of the society, raising awareness and education of the individual and the society on adequate and balanced nutrition and health, development of nutrition education programs/materials for special groups. Examining the methods and techniques (clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, biophysical, food consumption research, ecological factors, mortality and morbidity statistics) used in determining the nutritional status of the individual and society. Detailed examination of community nutrition and nutritional epidemiology, clinical methods and determination of nutritional status. Community nutrition, nutritional epidemiology and methods of determining nutritional status, nutritional anthropometry, clinical symptoms, biophysical methods, biochemical and hematological methods, health statistics; age-specific mortality and morbidity rates, food consumption studies, determination of ecological factors.