Nutrition Through Life Cycle

Paper Code: 
GHSC 203A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
5.00
Unit I: 

Introduction to meal planning                                              

  • Food guide pyramid
  • Food exchange list
  • Principles of planning diet
  • Steps involved in planning diet
15.00
Unit II: 

Nutrition  during infancy                                        
·Growth and development characteristics
·Nutritional requirements
·Breast feeding verses bottle feeding
·Infant milk substitute act 1992
· Preterm, low birth weight and small for date infants
·Nutrition related problems
·Complementary and supplementary foods

Nutrition during preschool age                                    
·Growth and Development characteristics
·Growth monitoring
· Brain development in preschool age -Effect of nutrition
·Nutritional requirements
·Factors affecting food intake/development of good food habits
·Dietary guidelines
·Infection and nutrition related problems

15.00
Unit III: 

Nutrition during school age                  
  ·Growth and development characteristics
·Nutritional requirements
·Dietary guidelines
·Factors influencing food intake and development of good food habits
·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
·Common nutrition problems

15.00
Unit IV: 

Nutrition during Adulthood                     
·Nutritional requirements
·Dietary guidelines
·Importance of weight management

Nutrition for elderly                          
·Process of ageing and physiological changes
·Nutritional requirements
·Dietary guidelines
·Nutrition during menopausal stage
·Nutrition related problems related to bone health and CDDs
·Drug- food and nutrient reaction in elderly

10.00
Unit V: 

Nutrition during pregnancy/antenatal period    
·Physiological changes
·Nutritional requirements
·Dietary guidelines
·Nutrition related concerns
·Complications of pregnancy and their management

Nutrition during Lactation period              
·Physiology of lactation
·Human milk composition
·Nutritional requirements and dietary guidelines
·Effect of breast feeding on maternal health, Lactational amenorrhoea
·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.
  • 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)

 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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