Nutrition :A Lifecycle Approach

Paper Code: 
CHSC 413
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To understand the role of nutrition in different stages of life span

  • To provide the guidelines for adequate nutrition throughout life span

  • To get acquainted with growth, development and physiological changes during pregnancy, lactation and infancy 

5.00
Unit I: 

Introduction tonutrition                                                                                                

  • Food exchange list

  • Principles of planning diet

  • Steps involved in planning diet

  • Food guide pyramid
15.00
Unit II: 

Nutrition  during infancy                                                                                        

  • ·Growth and development

  • ·Nutritional requirements

  • ·Advantages of breast feeding

  • ·Artificial feeding or bottle feeding

  • ·Infant milk substitute act 1992

  • ·Preterm baby and nutritional requirements

  • ·Feeding problems

  • ·Weaning and supplementary foods                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Nutrition during preschool age                                                                                    

  • ·Growth and Development

  • ·Growth monitoring 

  • · Brain development in preschool age -Effect of nutrition

  • ·Nutritional requirements

  • ·Dietary guidelines

  • ·Infection and nutrition related problems

 

15.00
Unit III: 

Nutrition during school age                              

  • ·Growth and development

  • ·Nutritional requirements

  • ·Dietary guidelines

  • ·Factors influencing food intake

  • ·Packed lunch

  • ·School lunch programme 

Nutrition during Adolescence                            

  • ·Growth and development

  • ·Nutritional requirements

  • · Dietary guidelines

  • ·Eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder

  • Teen age pregnancy
15.00
Unit IV: 

Nutrition during Adulthood                         

  • Nutritional requirements

  • Dietary guidelines

  • Importance of weight management

  • Nutrition during menopausal stage

Nutrition for elderly

  • Demography of aging   

  • Process of ageing

  • Nutritional requirements

  • Dietary guidelines

  • Nutrition related problems: osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, chronic diseases and complications

  • Drug- food and nutrient reaction in elderly                

10.00
Unit V: 

Nutrition during Maternal stage                                                                      

  • Physiological changes

  • Developmental stages of pregnancy

  • Nutritional requirements

  • Dietary guidelines

  • Pica

  • Complications of pregnancy and its management 

 Nutrition during Lactation period                                                                                

  • Physiology of lactation

  • Prolactin reflex

  • Let down reflex

  • Nutritional requirements

  • Human milk composition

  • Lactational amenorrhoea

  • Effect of breast feeding on maternal health

  • Lactogogues

Essential Readings: 
  • Antia, F.P and Abraham, P. 1997 Clinical Dietetics and Nutrition. Oxford University Press, New Delhi (4th Ed)
  • Bamji, M.S, Rao, N.P. and Reddy, V., 1999. Textbook of Human Nutrition. Oxford & IBH publishing Co Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  • Begum, M.R. 1996. A Text Book of Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Revised 2nd Ed)
  • Burtis, G., Davis, J. and Martin, S. 1998. Applied Nutrition and Diet Therapy. WB. Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
  • Garrow, J.S, and James, W.P.t, 1994. Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Churchill Livingstone, New York. (4th Ed)
  • Joshi, S.A., 2001 Nutrition and Dietetics. Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, Delhi. (9th Ed).
  • Khanna, K., Gupta, S., Pass, S.J, Pass, S.J, Seth, R., Mahan, R. and Puri, S. 1997 Texbook of Nutrition and Dietetics. Phoenix Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.
  • Kreutler, P.A and Czajka Narins, D.M. 1987 Nutrition in Perspective. Prentice-Hall, INC, Englewood cliffs, New Jersey. (2nd Ed)
  • Mahan, L.K. and Stump, S.E., 2000. Karuse’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy. W.B Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (10th Ed)
  • Mudambi, S.R and Rajagopal, M.V., 1997. Fundamentals of Foods & Nutrition. New Age International (P) Ltd, New Delhi.
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  • Sabarwal, B. 1999 Encyclopedia of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health (4th Vol) Efficient Offset, Delhi.
  • Sabarwal, B. 1999 Foundations of Nutrition. Common Wealth Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Sabarwal, B. 1999. Meal Management. Common Wealth Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Sharma, S., 2000. Human Nutrition and meal planning. Jnananda Prakashan (P & D), New Delhi. (1st Ed)
  • Shills, M.E, Olson, J.A, Shike, M and Ross, A.C; 1998. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. Williams & Williams, Baltimone, U.S.A. (9th Ed)
  • Srilakshmi, B. 1997 Dietetics. New Age International (P) Ltd, Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Stanfield, P.S 1992 Nutrition and Diet Therapy. Jones and Barlett Publishers, Boston- London. (2nd Ed)
  • Swaminathan M. 1997. Advanced Text-Book of Food  & Nutrition (Vol I & II). The Banglore Printing and Publishing Co Ltd, Bangalore. (1997 reprinted)
  • Swaminathan, M. 1997. Principles of Nutrition and Dietetics. The Bangalore Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd, Bangalore. (1997 reprinted)
  • Whitney, E.N and Rolfes, S.R. 1996. Understanding Nutrition. West Publishing Company, St Paul, M/N. (7th Ed).
  • Williams, S.R, 1990 Essential of Nutrition and Diet Therapy. Times Mirror/ Mosby College Publishing, St. Louis, Missousn. (5th Ed)
  • Chauhan ,K.B, Mehta, P.M. 2017 ,Ageing, Nutrition and Health, Kalpaz Publication.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2019-2020
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