| Course Name | Food & Nutrition Research Techniques |
| Course Code | 25FSN403 |
| Semester | 7 |
| Credits | 2 |
| Campus |
Food and Nutritional Research and Ethical Issues 12Hrs Trends in food and nutrition research- Global and Indian perspective, Thrust areas in food and nutritional research. Food and Nutritional research- In vitro and in vivo studies. Nutrition intervention studies- principles, merits and demerits. Ethical issues in nutritional research- Rights of the research participant, Physical and psychological risks, Ethical issues regarding copyright. Human and animal ethical committees.
Research in Novel Food Product Development 12Hrs
Food products- the basis of innovation- 3D food printing, cultured meats, food nano materials, nano tooled bug boosters. Measures of food products success and failure. Product development process- the basis for success.
Prototype. Developing an innovative strategy. Managing and improving product development process. Case studies- product development in food systems. Patent in food sectors. Significance of research in food products development in health promotion and disease prevention.
Growth Studies in Animal Models 12Hrs
Animal models in nutrition research, Need for extrapolation research in animal models. Maintenance of animal laboratory, maintenance of records. Growth and development of rats- role of different protein levels in diet formulation, feeding techniques, Biological assays with animal models- metabolic and nitrogen balance studies.
Biological Assays in Human Trials 12Hrs
Research studies among humans-Principles and objectives. Growth studies among infants, children and adolescents-Effect of supplementation of different protein sources in managing nutritional status. Metabolic and nitrogen balance studies among children, adolescents and adults and interpretation of results. Nutritional research in vulnerable sector of society and innovation in dietary supplement delivery.
Manuscript Writing and Publication Ethics 12Hrs
Manuscript writing-tools and techniques. Manuscript preparation- steps. Guidelines for preparing for publication- Scientific papers writing. Indexed journals-types and its significance. Publication ethics. Perspectives of plagiarism- techniques to avoid plagiarism. Internet plagiarism and Plagiarism detection software- Turnitin, Copyleaks, Plagiarism Checker, Dupli Checker, PlagScan, Pro Writing Aid and White Smoke.
Course Objectives:
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Understand the basic concepts of food and nutritional research and ethical issues CO2: Analyse different innovative Food products and its significance in human health CO3: Acquire knowledge on significance of animals models in nutritional research and
growth studies in animal models
CO4: Design growth, metabolic and nitrogen balance research using human models. CO5: Apply tools and techniques in manuscript writing and publication ethics
CO-PO Mappings
| PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 | PSO4 | |
| CO1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| CO2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| CO3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO4 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO5 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Evaluation Pattern:
| Assessment | Internal | External |
| Periodical 1 (P1)+P2/Midterm | 30 | |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 20 | |
| End Semester | 50 |
*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Seminar, Projects and Reports.
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