Community Nutrition (Practical)

Paper Code: 
CND 603
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students

  • To develop low cost recipes-weaning foods for infants and supplementary foods for all ages.
  • Identification of the problem, planning and implementation of several community based projects

 

CONTENTS

 1. Development and sensory evaluation of various low cost recipes to combat dual burden of malnutrition

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

2.  Use and interpretation of growth charts.

3. Planning and Implementation of a Nutrition and Health Education programme

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Park, J.E. and Park, K. 2000. Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine. Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur.
  2. Wadhwa, A and Sushma, S. 2000.  A Textbook of Nutrition in the Community. Elite Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  3. Jeannette B. Endras, 1999. Community Nutrition Challenges and Opportunity  Merril , an imprint of prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Colum Ohio.

 

References: 
  1. Vir Chander Sheila. 2011. Public Health Nutrition in Developing Countries Part I & II. Woodhead Publishing India.
  2. Hughes R and Margetts M.B. 2011. Practical Public Health Nutrition. Wiley- Blackwell.
  3. Nnakwe E.N. 2013. Community Nutrition Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Second Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  4. 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.  Gopaldas, T. and Seshadari, S.1987. Nutrition Monitoring and Assessment.Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
  5. McLaren, D.S. 1977. Nutrition in the Community John Wiley and Sons, Chichest.
  6. Jelliffe. D.B. 1966. The Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Community.WHO, Geneva.
  7. Jeliffee, N. 1962. Clinical Nutrition. Hoeber Medical Division, New York.
  8. Nutritious Recipes. For Complementary Feeding of Infants & Young Children. Food &       Nutrition Board .MWCD Govt. of India (2008)

 

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