Advanced Human Nutrition (Practical)

Paper Code: 
HFN 127
Credits: 
05
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

1.     Understand various techniques nutritional status assessment.

2.     Understand Research Design and Body composition estimation.

Course outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

 
 

The Students will be able to-

COFN 23: Develop skills associated with Learn interpretation of stress and cognitive test scores.

COFN 24: Learn to develop research proposals related to micro, macro nutrient deficiency as well as obesity.

 COFN25: Learn to estimate, analyze and interpret body composition.

COFN26: Develop skills to assess nutritional status by using various techniques

COFN 27:Formulate various recipes for emergency, sports and high altitude conditions

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Power Point Presentations, Informative videos, group discussion

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentations, Field trips

 

 

Quiz,

Individual and group projects,

 Semester End Examination, discussion, demonstration

 

 

 

 
 

 

CONTENTS

·       Assessment of nutritional status in community using various techniques

·       Dietary Survey: 24 Hr Dietary recall, Food Frequency Questionnaire, Standardization of recepie

·       Anthropometry: Height, Weight, Waist Circumference, Hip Circumference, MUAC-  Analysis of data using WHO Standards

·       Stress scale (Standard), cognition tests.

·       Research plan proposed or a research design

·       Macronutrient Deficiency: Protein Energy Malnutrition/ Severe Acute malnutriton 

·       Micronutrient Deficiency: Vitamin A, Iron , Iodine

·       Over nutrition or Obesity

·       Body Composition: Estimation, Analysis and Interpretation

·       Planning and preparation of various nutritious recipes for

·       Emergency conditions

·       Sports and fitness

·       High altitudes

Essential Readings: 

SUGGESTED BOOKS:

·       Bamji, M.S., Rao, P.N. and Reddy, V. (Eds) (1996) : Textbook of Human Nutrition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.

·       Denis M Medeiros and Robert E.C.Wildman.(2012) : Advanced Human Nutrition. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Third Edition

 

SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS:

·       McCollum, E.V. (1957) : History of Nutrition, Houghton Mifflin Co.

·       Waterlow, J.C. (1992) Protein Energy Malnutrition, Edward Arnold, A Division of Hodder & Stoughton.

·       Bauernfeind, J. Christopher (Ed.) (1986) : Vitamin and its Control, Academic Press. 

·       Gopalan, C. (Ed) (1993) Recent Trends in Nutrition, Oxford University Press 

·       DeMaeyer, E.M. (1989) : Preventing and Controlling Iron Deficiency Anaemia through    Primary Health Care, WHO

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