PROBLEMS IN HUMAN NUTRITION

Paper Code: 
25FND232
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To make students aware of the nutrition related problems in the community and the resources to prevent or cure them
  • To evaluate and interpreting parameters of nutritional status assessment

 

 

Course Outcomes: 

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24FND232

Problems in Human Nutrition (Th

   
   
   

eory)

CO23: Analyze and evaluate preventive and therapeutic measures for various macronutrient deficiency diseases,.

CO24: Formulate evidence-based preventive and therapeutic strategies for addressing prevalent micronutrient deficiency diseases,

CO25: Synthesize complex information related to the biochemical pathways, etiology, clinical manifestations, and management of various inborn errors of metabolism

CO26: Analyze the diverse sources and potential health effects of food contamination, including naturally occurring and anti-nutritional factors, non-nutritional components, chemical contamination, and fungal contamination,

CO27: Evaluate the principles and practices of food safety, including the importance of safe food, the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and compliance with food laws and standards,.

CO28: Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

 

Interactive Lectures, Power point presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

 

 

 

Learning activities for the students:

 

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Class presentation

 

 

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Nutritional Problems I

Prevalence, aetiology, biochemical and clinical manifestations, preventive and therapeutic measure for the following nutritional problems 

Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM), Rickets, Osteomalacia and Osteoporosis, Fluorosis

12.00
Unit II: 
Nutritional Problems II

Prevalence,etiology, biochemical and clinical manifestations, preventive and therapeutic measure for the following nutritional problems. 

Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA), Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD), Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Inborn Errors of Metabolism
  • Disorders of Amino Acid metabolism – Phenylketonuria, hypertyrosinemia, hypervalinemia, hyper histidinemia, hyperlysinemia, homocystinuria.
  • Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism – Galactosemia, Pentosuria.
  • Disorders of lipid metabolism – Hype rchylomicronemia, hypercholesterolemia – pure and mixed.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Food contamination

·        Naturally occurring and anti nutritional factors causing Lathyrism, Epidemic dropsy.

·        Non nutritional component of diet with potential health effects -polyphenols, oxalic     acid, phytates, tannins, carcinogenic substances, lectins,saponins.

·        Chemical contamination of food- heavy metal and pesticide residue.

Fungal contamination – Aflatoxic hepatitis, enterogotism and mycotoxicoses

12.00
Unit V: 
Food Safety

Food safety and importance of safe food, factors affecting food safety.

  • HACCP
  • Food laws and standards (BIS, FSSAI, CODEX, ALIMENTARIUS, AGMARK, ISO etc.)  

 

 

Essential Readings: 

Bamji, M.S., Rao, P.N. and Reddy, V. (Eds) (1996) : Textbook of Human Nutrition, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd

References: 

1.   McCollum, E.V. (1957) : History of Nutrition, Houghton Mifflin Co.

2.   Waterlow, J.C. (1992) Protein Energy Malnutrition, Edward Arnold, A Division of Hodder & Stoughton.

3.   Bauernfeind, J. Christopher (Ed.) (1986) : Vitamin and its Control, Academic Press.

5.   Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. (1993) : Prevention and Control of Fluorosis Ministry of Rural Development.

7.   Gopalan, C. (Ed) (1993) Recent Trends in Nutrition, Oxford University Press.

8.   DeMaeyer, E.M. (1989) : Preventing and Controlling Iron Deficiency Anaemia through Primary Health Care, WHO.

9.   Sachdeva, H.P.S., Chaudhary, P. (Eds) (1994) : Nutrition in Children Developing Country Concerns, Dept. of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

10. Shils, M.E.. Olson, J.A., Shike, N. and Ross, A.C. (Ed) (1999) : Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease, 9th Edition, Williams and Wilkins.

11. Mahan, L.K. & Ecott-Stump, S. (2000) : Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 10th Edition, W.B. Saunders Pvt. Ltd.

12. Publications of the International Life Science Institute.

13. UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children.

14. World Health Organizations Reports, Monographs and Technical Report Series.

15. McLaren, D.S. (1992) A Colour Atlas and Text of Diet-Related Disorders.

E-content:

  1. Unit-3.pdf (egyankosh.ac.in)
  2. ras27_natural_toxin_in_food_plant.pdf (cfs.gov.hk)
  3. Nutritional Rickets and Osteomalacia in the Twenty-first Century: Revised Concepts, Public Health, and Prevention Strategies - PMC (nih.gov)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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