Community Nutrition

Paper Code: 
CND 332
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course shall enable the students

  • To recognize the solutions for overcoming problems of malnutrition in the community.

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Introduction to community health, health care, health delivery systems

Causes of malnutrition, Impact of malnutrition, Dual Burden of Malnutrition   

Economics of malnutrition                                                                                                                                                                      

9.00
Unit II: 

Determinants of food consumption and nutritional status of community

Nutrition and Behaviour

Modern methods of improvement of nutritional quality of foods                      

Fortification, Mutual Supplementation, Fermentation, Enrichment, Germination, Probiotics

 

9.00
Unit III: 

Assessment of Nutritional Status

  • Anthropometry
  • Dietary Survey
  • Clinical Examination
  • Biochemical Estimations

Nutritional surveillance  and monitoring

9.00
Unit IV: 

Nutrition Education Objectives, Principles, Scope                                                                                                                   

National and International agencies   (UNICEF,WHO,etc)

Programme Planning                                                              

 

9.00
Unit V: 

An overview of ongoing programmes in health and nutrition sector  (State and central level)
 

National Nutrition Policy & Plan of Action

National Health Policy & Plan of Action

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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