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

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

- identification of clinical signs and symptoms related to various deficiency diseases in various ages.

 
 
 
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.
References: 
  1. 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.
  9. Davidson, Passmore and Eastwood: Human Nutrition and Dietetics- FLBS Bhavana shabarwala          public health & Nutritional care , common wealth publisher,1999
  10. carol west suitor merrily forbes,Crowley ,Nutrition,principles and application in health promotion,b.lippincot companay Ltd.,1984
  11. Edith H-reinsch, Ralpahe., Health of the pre school, child John Wesley and sons Inc. 1978
  12. Eva D. Wilson, Catherine H-Fisher., 1971, Principles of Nutrition, willey Eastern Pvt Ltd.,
  13. Gopalan., Kamala Krishna swamy, Nutrition in major metabolic diseases Oxford University 2000
  14. Hugh Jolly., Diseases of children, the English language book society and backwell scientific publications 1981.
  15. Jelliffee., D.B and J.P. Stanfield, disease of children in the subtrophical and tropics English language book society., 1982
  16.  Mahtab S.Bamji, textbook of Human Nutrition, Oxford &IBH publishing Co., pvt. Ltd., 1999.
    Maurice E.Shills, Vernon R.Young Modern Nutrition in healath and disease K.M. Varghese com., 1988.
  17.  Park and A, Text of preventive and social medicine, M\s Banrasidas bhanot publishers 1983.
    Robinson, O.H. and Lawyer, Normal Nutrition, Mac Milan publishers, 1982.
  18.  Robinson collier, Fundamenatals of normal nutrition, Mac Milan International edition 1979.
     Shukla P.K.Nutrition problems of India, prentiace hall of India,1982.
  19.  Tara Gopala Das and subadra seshadari, Nutrition, Monitoring and assessment, Oxford University press, 1987.
  20.  William O.Pediatric Nutrition in clinical practice, Mac millan and George Graham, Adison, Willey publishing Co., 1981.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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