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Course Name Nutrition in Health and Fitness
Course Code 25FSN411
Program B.Sc. (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition (4 Year)
Semester 8
Credits 4
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Unit I

Health, Physical Activity and Physical Fitness 11Hrs

Health- definition and dimensions. Spectrum of health. Physical activity- Concept, types, health benefits and recommendations. Exercise- concept and types, Physical Fitness- Components, principles and evaluation of physical fitness, FITT Principles. Energy Systems and fuels to support physical activity.

Unit II

Energy Metabolism in Physical Activity and Weight Management 11Hrs

Energy homeostasis in the cell. Integration of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. Muscle ATP production during exercise- Aerobic and Anaerobic metabolic pathways. Energy requirements based on physical activity. Components and assessment of energy expenditure. The Fed-Fast cycle. Regulation of energy balance and body weight. Health implications of altering body weight. Interrelation between Physical activity and weight management.

Unit III

Nutritional Recommendation and Physical Fitness 11Hrs

Nutritional requirements during exercises- Carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals recommendations. Fluids and electrolytes to support physical activity. Diets for physically active people. Ergogenic aids- nutritive and non-nutritive aids, merits and demerits of ergogenic aids.

Unit IV

Physical Activity and Disease Prevention 12 Hrs

Physiological and biological effect of physical fitness on health status and vital systems. Role of physical activity and exercise on prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer, diabetes, healthy aging, musculoskeletal health, cognitive health and degenerative diseases.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

  1. Understand the basic concepts of health, physical activity and physical fitness
  2. Comprehend energy metabolism in physical activity and weight management
  3. Gain knowledge on significance of nutrition in health and fitness

Course Outcomes:

CO1: Understand the components, evaluation and health benefits of physical fitness CO2: Gain scientific knowledge on energy metabolism during physical activity

CO3: Acquire knowledge on Nutritional recommendations during exercises and ergogenic aids CO4: Analyse biological effect of physical fitness on health status and managing diseases.

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Evaluation Pattern

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.

Text Books / References

Text Books:

  1. A Jackson W., Morrow J.R., Dishman R.K., Hill D. (2015). Physical Activity for Health and Fitness. Human Kinetics, USA.
  2. Gropper S., Jack L. Smith J.L., Carr T.P. ( 2018). Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism 7th Edition. Cengage Learning, USA.

Reference Books:

  1. Whitney N, and Rolfes S.R. (2015). Understanding Nutrition, 11th Edition, Chap. 6 and Appendix `J’. Measures of Protein Quality – West Wadsworth.

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