NUTRITION:A LIFECYCLE APPROACH

Paper Code: 
CHSC 413
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Understand the role of nutrition in different stages of life span
  2. Provide the guidelines for adequate nutrition throughout life span
  3. Get acquainted with growth, development and physiological changes during pregnancy, lactation and infancy

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to –

 

CO138: Comprehend the principles of

planning nutritionally adequate diets.

CO139: Acquire knowledge about the

nutritional needs and concerns of an

individual throughout the life cycle.

CO140: Exercise food choices

consonant with good health based on

sound knowledge of principles of

nutrition.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, power point presentation

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

 

5.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to nutrition

·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 Unitversity 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)

 

 

References: 
  • 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.
  • Robinson CH, Lawler MR, Chevoweth WL, Garwick AE. Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition. Mac Millan Publishing Company, New York, 1982.
  • 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.

e RESOURCE:

 

Journals

  • Advances in nutrition
  • Annals of nutrition and metabolism
  • Annual review of nutrition
  • Applied physiology nutrition and metabolism

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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