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MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY - I (THEORY)
Paper Code:
CND 302
Credits:
03
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students
• To acquire knowledge regarding effect of various diseases on nutritional status
• To gain an understanding of the nutrient and dietary requirements of different diseases.
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Course Outcomes |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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On completion of this course, the student will be able to: CO28: Explain therapeutic adaptations of normal diet. CO29: Discuss the aetiology, symptoms and nutritional management of fevers and infections CO30: Describe risk factors, assessment, complications and dietary management of common GI diseases, Liver conditions and heart diseases |
Approach in teaching: Discussion, Power point Presentations, Videos, Demonstration.
Learning activities for the students: Field activities, Presentation, Giving tasks, self- learning assignments. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Individual and group projects |
9.00
Unit I:
UNIT I
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
9.00
Unit II:
UNIT II
Classification, metabolism and diet in fevers (acute-typhoid, mumps, Covid 19 & chronic- Tuberculosis)
HIV infection and AIDS: Epidemiology, transmission of HIV, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, Immunity and AIDS virus, dietary management, prevention and control.
9.00
Unit III:
UNIT III
Incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications and dietary management and counseling for the following GIT diseases
• Diarrhea (acute and chronic), constipation (atonic and spastic)
• Peptic ulcer, ulcerative Colitis, Malabsorption Syndrome Carbohydrate and Fat intolerance – Sprue, Celiac disease
9.00
Unit IV:
UNIT IV
Incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications and dietary management and counseling for the following diseases
• Liver disease –Hepatitis, NAFLD, Cirrhosis,
• Diseases of Pancreas and Gall bladder
9.00
Unit V:
UNIT-V
Incidence, etiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, complications and dietary management and counseling for Heart diseases
• Cardiovascular diseases – Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Coronary Heart diseases
Essential Readings:
1. Seth V and Singh K (2021) Principles of Medical Nutrition Therapy for positive clinical Outcomes. Elite Publishing House New Delhi.
2. Srilakshmi, B. 2014 Dietetics. New Age International (P) Ltd, Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Khanna, K., Gupta, S., Pass, S.J, Pass, S.J, Seth, R., Mahan, R. and Puri, S. 2013, Texbook of Nutrition and Dietetics. Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease 2013 by A. Catharine Ross (Author), Benjamin Caballero Professor (Author), Robert J. Cousins (Author), Katherine L. Tucker (Author), Thomas R. Ziegler M.D. Lippincott Publishers.
2. Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process, 2020, Krause's Food & the Nutrition Care Process by Janice L Raymond MS RD CD (Author), Kelly Morrow (Author)
3. Antia, F.P. (1989) Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition. Oxford University Press, Bombay 3rd ed
4. Mahan, L.K. & Ecott-Stump, S. (2000) : Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy. W.B. Saunders Pvt. Ltd.
5. Raghuram T C, Pasricha S, Sharma R D. Diet & Diabetes NIN ICMR Publications
6. Krishnaswamy Kamala. Diet & Heart Disease. NIN ICMR Publications
References:
e- RESOURCES-
Animations-
JOURNALS
1. Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics
2. Indian Journal of Health and Well Being
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