ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH STATUS (PRACTICAL)

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

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Assess nutritional status of individuals belonging to various age groups.
  2. Comment on the nutritional status of the subjects.
  3. Provide counseling related to their nutritional status.

 

 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

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CND 503

Assessment of Nutritional and Health Status (Practical)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students will be able to –

 

CO53: Explain , demonstrate and assess the measurement of  height, weight, and waist circumference, assessment of growth of different groups of people .

CO54: Assessment of the diet, assessment of nutritional status of group, commUnity and population level in terms of the dietary intake and pattern of food consumption

CO55: Assessment and identification of clinical signs and symptoms of various nutritional deficiencies in different age groups.

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project

 

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks

 

Observation, Presentation, Report writing

 

 

·       Dietary Assessment

·       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.

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Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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