This course shall enable the students
Introduction to community health, health care, health delivery systems
Causes of malnutrition, Impact of malnutrition, Dual Burden of Malnutrition
Economics of malnutrition
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
Assessment of Nutritional Status
Nutritional surveillance and monitoring
Nutrition Education Objectives, Principles, Scope
National and International agencies (UNICEF,WHO,etc)
Programme Planning
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