• To acquire knowledge regarding effect of various diseases on nutritional status
• To gain an understanding of the nutrient and dietary requirements of different diseases.
9.00
Unit I:
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
Team approach of health care.
Dietitian – types, qualities, qualifications and role of dietitian in management of hospital diet.
Basic concepts of diet therapy – Therapeutic adaptations of normal diet
Routine Hospital diets – Regular, soft, fluid
Special feeding methods (enteral, parental), feeding the patients and psychology of feeding.
Meaning, aim, principles, scope and types of diet counseling
Roles and responsibilities of counselors
Unit II:
HIV infection and AIDS
Classification, metabolism and diet in fevers (acute & chronic)
HIV infection and AIDS: Epidemiology, transmission of HIV, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, Immunity and AIDS virus, dietary management, prevention and control.
9.00
Unit III:
GIT diseases
Incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications and dietary management and counseling for the following GIT diseases
Diarrhea (acute and chronic), constipation ( atonic and spastic)
Dietary management and counseling for Heart diseases
Incidence, etiology, pathology and metabolic aberrations, clinical manifestations, complications and dietary management and counseling for Heart diseases