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ADOLESCENT NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Paper Code:
HFN 144(I)
Credits:
04
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
• To understand the relationship between nutrition and growth and development during adolescence.
• To recognize and understand the major nutrition-related and other health problems of adolescents and discuss the consequences
• To gain an understanding of the social and environmental factors that influence food behavior, dietary intake and physical activity patterns of the adolescents
12.00
Unit I:
Growth and Development during Adolescence
• Adolescence: Meaning , Developmental task and stages
• Physical Changes
• Sexual Changes
• Psychosocial Changes
12.00
Unit II:
Nutritional and Food requirement of Adolescents
• Nutrient requirement – Energy, protein, Fat and Essential fatty acids, Minerals and Vitamins
• Diet and feeding Pattern
• Dietary Guidelines
12.00
Unit III:
Nutritional Disorders during adolescence
• Obesity
• Eating disorders – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge eating disorders
• Predisposition to Osteoporosis
• Anaemia
• Undernutrition
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Teenage pregnancy
12.00
Unit IV:
Adolescent Health and Well being
• Importance of Adolescent health
• Meaning and types of well being
• Factors influencing Health and well being
12.00
Unit V:
Health implications during Adolescence
• Substance abuse, sexual abuse , sleeplessness, Delinquent Behaviour
• Definition, Causal factors and impact : Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal ideation
Essential Readings:
• Swaminathan M. 1997. Advanced Text-Book of Food & Nutrition (Vol I & II). The Banglore Printing and Publishing Co Ltd, Bangalore. (1997 reprinted)
• Mudambi, S.R and Rajagopal, M.V., 1997. Fundamentals of Foods & Nutrition. New Age International (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
• Williams, S.R, 1990 Essential of Nutrition and Diet Therapy. Times Mirror/ Mosby College Publishing, St. Louis, Missousn. (5th Ed)
• Whitney, E.N and Rolfes, S.R. 1996. Understanding Nutrition. West Publishing Company, St Paul, M/N. (7th Ed).
• Garrow, J.S, and James, W.P.t, 1994. Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Churchill Livingstone, New York. (4th Ed)
• Joshi, S.A., 2001 Nutrition and Dietetics. Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, Delhi. (9th Ed)
• Srilakshmi, B. 1997 Dietetics. New Age International (P) Ltd, Publishers, New Delhi.
• Child Development. Ninth Edition, Laura E. Berk, Published by Pearson Education.Inc,2018
• Human Development, Ninth Edition, Diane W. Papalia, Sally wendkosOlds, Ruth Duskin Feldman, published by The McGraw-Hill Education (India) Companies , Inc.,2016
• Developmental Psychology: A Life Span Approach , Fifth Edition , Elizabeth B. Hurlock, pubished by Mc Graw Hill Education (india) Private Limited, Chennai
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