Know the factors affecting the Nutrient needs during the life cycle & the RDA for various age groups
Understand role of the Dietitian
Understand the modification of Normal diet for Therapeutic purposes
Gain knowledge about Dietary Management of Diseases
9.00
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
9.00
Unit II:
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
Old age: Physiologic and biochemical changes, nutritional requirements, factors influencing food habits, nutrition related health problems – osteoporosis, other health problems – constipation, anemia and hypertension