Assessment Of Nutritional And Health Statuss (Theory)
Paper Code:
CND 502
Credits:
02
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the student to:
To Assess the nutritional Status of subjects
To develop skills related to counseling
To learn different therapies of counseling
9.00
Unit I:
Nutritional assessment of human groups
Direct and Indirect methods of Nutritional assessment of human groups
Assessment of age: Using local events calendar.
Anthropometry Assessment: Measurements used, use of equipment, standards for comparison. Classification used to categorize malnutrition, cut of points used to distinguish current and long term malnutrition.
Indicators of nutritional status: weight /age, height/age and weight/height, mid upper arm (MUAC).
Guidelines for interpretations of growth charts
9.00
Unit II:
Dietary assessment
Dietary assessment: Methods and techniques for assessing dietary intakes of individual, house hold level and Institutional level, Essential features, Uses and limitations of different methods.
• Problems intake measurements, factors affecting the accuracy of dietary assessment. Interpretation of dietary data.
9.00
Unit III:
Clinical assessment
Clinical assessment: Study of different methods and techniques for clinical assessment of nutritional status and diagnosis of sign of relation to various nutrient deficiencies.
Biochemical assessment: Methods and techniques for major nutritional disorders, standards for comparison, field level assessment techniques.
9.00
Unit IV:
Tools for Nutrition Screening in Hospitalized Patients
Nutrition Risk Screening 2002
Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool(MUST)
9.00
Unit V:
Tools for Nutritional Assessment of Hospitalized Patients