Community Nutrition (Practical)

Paper Code: 
HSC-605
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to

  • Develop and evaluate low cost recipes to combat malnutrition
  • To assess the nutritional status of subjects using anthropometric information
  • To conduct biochemical estimations and develop tools and nutrition education programme

 

Development and sensory evaluation of various low cost recipes to combat

  1. Protein energy malnutrition
  2. Iron deficiency
  3. Vitamin A deficiency

2. Assessment of nutritional status using anthropometric measurements for different age groups

  1. Infant
  2. Preschoolers and school going
  3. Adolescents

3. Use and interpretation of growth charts.

 

4. Planning and implementation of a Nutrition and Health Education programme

Essential Readings: 
  1. Park, J.E. and Park, K.  Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine. Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur .Twentieth Edition.2009
  2. Wadhwa, A and Sushma, S. A Textbook of Nutrition in the Community. Elite Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  3. Bamji, M.S, Rao P.N and Reddy V . Textbook of Human Nutrition. Oxford  & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD, New Delhi & Calcutta
References: 
  1. Rao, B.S.N. Deosthale, Y.G. and Pant, K.C. 1998 (Revised and updated). Nutrition value of Indian Foods by Gopalan. C. Ramashastri, B.V. and Balasubraman S.C., NIN, ICMR, Hyderabad.
  2. Gopaldas, T. and Seshadari, S. 1987. Nutrition Monitoring and Assessment. Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
  3. Shukla , P.K. 1982 Nutritional Problems of India. Prentice Hall of India Pr    Limited, New Delhi.
  4. McLaren, D.S. 1977. Nutrition in the Community John Wiley and Sons, Chichest.
  5. Jelliffe. D.B. 1966. The Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Community. H health Organization, Geneva.
  6. Jeliffee, N. 1962. Clinical Nutrition. Hoeber Medical Division, New York.

 

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