Assessment of Nutritional and Health Status (Practical)

Paper Code: 
CND 503
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This Course will enable students to:

  • Assess nutritional status of individuals belonging to various age groups
  • To comment on the nutritional status of the subjects
  • To provide counseling related to their nutritional status

 

Contents

DietaryAssessment
- Standardization of vessels for 24 hours recall method.
- Development of skill in conducting a dietary survey using 24 hours recall method for University women students.
- Development skill in conducting a dietary survey using 24 hours recall method for pre-school children.
- Developing skill in conducting Institutional diet survey and household diet survey.
Anthropometric assessment

- Developing skill in assessing body mass index for University Students
- Developing skill in measurement of Anthropometry for pre school  and school going children.

Clinical assessment

- Assessment of iron nutritional status (Clinical of pregnant women in community)
- Assessment of clinical sign in pre school children and school aging.

 

Use of Screening Tool to Assess Nutritional Status of hospitalized patients

-Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) Score Sheet

- Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) sheet for older patients

-Nutrition Risk Screening (NRS-2002)

- Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST)

 
 

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  1. Bamji, M.S., Rao, P.N. and Reddy, V. (Eds) (1996) : Textbook of Human Nutrition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  2. Robinson, C.H. and Lawler, M.R. (1986). Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition. Macmillan, New York
  3. Hackney, H & Cormier, L.S (1979). Counseling strategy and Objectives. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

 

 

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References: 

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

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

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

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

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

6.      Sachdeva, H.P.S., Chaudhary, P. (Eds) (1994) : Nutrition in Children Developing Country Concerns, Dept. of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

7.      Shils, M.E.. Olson, J.A., Shike, N. and Ross, A.C. (Ed) (1999) : Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease, 9th Edition, Williams and Wilkins.

8.      Mahan, L.K. & Ecott-Stump, S. (2000) : Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 10th Edition, W.B. Saunders Pvt. Ltd.

Davidson, Passmore and Eastwood: Human Nutrition and Dietetics- FLBS Bhavana shabarwala          public health & Nutritional care , common wealth publisher,1999

Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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