CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
HFN 325
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the students to -
• Understand - planning, preparation and service of therapeutic diets for various diseases 
   
Contents  :
 
Planning, preparation and service of the therapeutic diets for the following diseases-
• Peptic Ulcer
• Celiac disease
• Lactose intolerance
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Pancreatitis
• Atherosclerosis
• Hypertension (HT)
• Myocardial Infarction (MI)
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Glomerulonephritis
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Chronic Renal Disease
    2. 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)
3. Observation of a Dietetics unit in a hospital
 
Essential Readings: 
1. Swaminathan, M.S. (1985). Advanced Textbook on Food and Nutrition. Vol. I & II. The Bangalore Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd. Bangalore.
2. Antia, F.P. and Abraham, P. (1997). Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition. Oxford University Press, Delhi.
3. Robinson, C.H. and Lawler, M.R. (1986). Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition. Macmillan, New York.
 
References: 
1. Mahan, L.K. & Ecott-Stump, S. (2000) : Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 10th Edition, W.B. Saunders Pvt. Ltd.
2. Shils, M.E.. Olson, J.A., Shike, N. and Ross, A.C. (Ed) (1999) : Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease, 9th Edition, Williams and Wilkins.
3. Escott-Stump, S. (1998) : Nutrition and Diagnosis Related Care, 4th Edition, Williams and Wilkins.
4. Garrow, J.S., James, W.P.T. and Ralph, A. (2000) : Human Nutrition Dietetics, 10th Edition, Churchill Livingstone.
5. Williams, S.R. (1993) : Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 7th Edition, Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing.
6. Davis, J. and Sherer, K. (1994) : Applied Nutrition and Diet Therapy  for Nurses, 2nd Edition, W.B. Saunders Co.
7. Walker, W.A. and Watkins, J.B. (Ed) (1985) : Nutrition in Pediatrics, Boston, Little, Brown & Co.
8. Guyton, A.C. and Hall, J.E. (1999) : Textbook of Medical Phyiology, W.B. Saunders Co.
9. Ritchie, A.C. (1990) : Boyd’s Textbook of Pathology, 9th Edition, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia.
10. Fauci, S.A. et al (1998) : Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th Edition, McGraw Hill.
11. World Cancer Research Fund 9[1997). Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer – A Global Perspective. Washington E.D. WCRF
12. Khanna, K., Gupta, S. and Seth, R. (1999). Textbook of Nutrition and Dietetics, Phoenix Pub. House Pvt. Ltd. , New Delhi.
13. Bamji, M.S., Rao, N.P. and Reddy, V. (1999) : Textbook of Human Nutrition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
 
Journals :
 
1. Nutrition Update Series.
2. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics.
3. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
4. Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
5. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 
6. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
7. Nutrition Reviews.
Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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