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Advanced Human Nutrition (Practical)
This course will enable the students to –
1. Understand various techniques nutritional status assessment.
2. Understand Research Design and Body composition estimation.
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Course outcomes (at course level) |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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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
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Quiz, Individual and group projects, Semester End Examination, discussion, demonstration
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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
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
