Weight Management, Rehabilitation and Fitness

Paper Code: 
SSN 251
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable students to:

1. Develop professional expertise in weight management, rehabilitation and fitness

2. Help clients to sustain the changes achieved

8.00
Unit I: 

. Regulation of energy intake and expenditure, control of appetite and food intake, Foods selection and consumption pattern Hormonal control: Insulin , Thyroid & estrogen

14.00
Unit II: 

1.Classification of obesity according to BMI. Assessment of body fat by different method, Fat distribution, Ideal body weight calculation using BMI, Body fat % and Broca’s Index. Calculation of desirable body weight.

2. Adult and Childhood obesity, Prevalence, Types, etiology, Theories of obesity, Factors affecting, morbidity.

3. Management of obesity  through- Long term and short term measures, Nutrition, Exercise, pharmaceutical, Surgical, Stress Mgt. & Lifestyle modification.

14.00
Unit III: 

4.Types of Exercise including Aerobics & non aerobics, spinning, Tai Chi, Yoga, Power Yoga , Pilates, weight training, strength training, Circuit training, etc

5. Exercise for weight gain / muscle development and improving muscle tone

6. Exercise for weight loss

7. Exercise for Cardio-respiratory fitness

8. Strengthening the joints and bones and increasing flexibility.

9. Therapeutic exercise and program designing for specific demands including specific joint problems, osteoporosis, arthritis, blood pressure, Diabetes and CVD.

12.00
  1. Components of fitness- Total Fitness (health related fitness) and Athletic fitness
  2. Body Composition and types, Cardio respiratory Fitness, Muscular endurance and power,   Flexibility. Athletic Fitness- Balance, Coordination, Agility , reaction Time .
  3. Equipments commonly used in Fitness Industry, their advantages and limitation
12.00
Unit V: 

Sports injury and rehabilitation. Stress and strain, Basic injuries in upper and lower limb, neck, trunk and hip joint and nerve injuries, acute and chronic back ache, foot problem in sports, role of physiotherapy and yoga, preventive exercise program.

Essential Readings: 

.1 Edward L. fox and Donald K Mathews (1985). CBS College Publishing. Japan

2.Ed, Myrtle L. Brown, Present Knowledge in Nutrition ILSI Press.

3. David C. Nieman , Fitness and Sports Medicine, A Health related Approach ( 3rd

edition, 1995

4. Edward L. fox , Bases of fitness Timothy E. Kirby and Ann Roberts Fox (1987)

5.Don Kirkendall, Joseph J, Measurement and evaluation for Physical Educators.

6. Gruber and Robert E. Johnson. 1987. Human kinatics Publishers Inc.

7. .E.L.Fox and D.K.Mathews, The Physiological Basis of Physical Education and Athletics , 1981, Holt-Saunders

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