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Normal And Therapeautic Nutrition (Theory)
Paper Code:
HSC-501
Credits:
03
Contact Hours:
45.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the student to-
- Know the factors affecting the Nutrient needs during the life cycle & the RDA for various age groups
- Understand role of the Dietician
- Understand the modification of Normal diet for Therapeutic purposes
- Gain knowledge about Dietary Management of Diseases
10.00
Unit I:
Nutrition through Life cycle
- Infants: Growth and development, nutritional requirements, colostrum feeding, exclusive breast feeding, breast feeding, bottle feeding, comparison of human and cow’s milk, complementary foods – commercial and home prepared, infant feeding practices, IMS Act, establishment of good feeding habits
- Preschool children: Growth and development, nutritional requirements, promoting good food habits
- School children: Growth and development, nutritional requirements, promoting good food habits
- Adolescents: Growth and development, nutritional requirements, eating disorders – anorexia nervosa, bulimia, skipping meals and snacking
8.00
Unit II:
Nutrition during adulthood and during conditions of various physiological changes
- Adults: nutritional requirements
- Pregnancy: Physiologic and biochemical changes, pre-maternal nutrition, prenatal nutrition and its impact on the growth and development of the fetus nutritional requirements, complications of pregnancy
- Lactation: Physiologic effects, socio-economic effects, psychological aspects, nutritional requirements
- Old age: Physiologic and biochemical changes, nutritional requirements, factors influencing food habits, nutrition related health problems – osteoporosis, other health problems – constipation, anemia and hypertension
10.00
Unit III:
Definition and role of Dietitian in Health care
- Definition and role of Dietitian in Health care
- Nutritional Care Process (NCP)
- Types of Dietary adaptation for Therapeutic needs
- Routine Hospital diets – Fluid diet, Full fluid diet, Soft diet
- Mode of feeding – Oral, enteral and parentral
9.00
Unit IV:
Pre disposing factors and principles of diet therapy for-
- GIT diseases – Diarrhoea, Constipation, Peptic ulcer
- Liver disease - Hepatitis
8.00
Unit V:
Pre disposing factors and principles of diet therapy for-
- Weight Management – Overweight and underweight
- Febrile diseases – Typhoid and Tuberculosis
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