Course

Unit I

Introduction to RDA and Balanced Diet 12 hrs.

Basics for Recommending the Dietary Allowances, Acceptable Dietary Intake, Purposes of RDA, Factors Affecting Recommended Dietary Allowances, Requirements and Recommended Dietary Allowances, Growth chart, Uses of ICMR RDA in planning balanced diet, Consumption Units. Reference Man and Woman, Food and Nutritional Requirements for Adults doing Different Activities.

Unit II

Maternal Nutrition 12 hrs.

Nutrition in Pregnancy: Maternal nutrition and outcome, Importance of pre and periconceptional nutrition during pregnancy; Pre pregnancy weight and fetal outcome. Fetal weight gain. Nutritional assessment and guidance in prenatal care. – Physiological changes during pregnancy, expansion in blood volume, hormonal profile in pregnancy, organ functions, placental transfer of nutrients and resulting complications in pregnancy. Other nutrition related conditions; pregnancy in obese women, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, alcohol and caffeine abuse. – Maternal nutrient metabolism and recommended intakes in pregnancy. Maternal weight gain

in pregnancy. Intrauterine growth retardation. High risk pregnancies and common concerns during pregnancy. Importance of antenatal care.

Nutrition in Lactation: Nutritional needs for lactation. Breast feeding biology, Psycho – physiological aspects of lactation. Factors affecting lactation capacity. Management of lactation, exclusive breast feeding, Breast support and counseling. Effect of breast feeding on maternal health.

Unit III

Nutrition for Infant 12 hrs.

Infant growth and physiological development. Norms/standards for growth. Growth monitoring and promotion. Failure to thrive. Infant nutritional needs and concerns. Nutrition and brain development. Infant feeding, volume and composition of breast milk, human milk Vs. artificial formula. -Development and nutritional quality of infant food: Modern infant formula, complementary and supplementary feeding. Dietary management issues in infant feeding. Food allergies in infancy. -Preterm and LBW infants: Consequences, implications for feeding and management. Neonatal infant mortality and child mortality, IMR. Government policies, schemes and entitlements.

Unit IV

Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence 12 hrs Childhood: Growth and development, physiological development. Nutritional needs and feeding for preschool children. Micronutrient malnutrition among preschool children. Child health, morbidity, mortality and under five mortality rate (U5MR). -Nutritional requirements and RDA. Feeding school children, behavioral characteristics and feeding problems. Dietary patterns, planning a school lunch, factors to be considered. Implications of childhood obesity and other nutritional concerns. Healthy food choices during childhood.

Adolescence: Growth during adolescence, nutritional requirements, hormonal influences, age of menarche- factors affecting, physiological problems and nutritional issues in adolescence. Government policies, schemes and entitlements

Unit V

Nutrition for Adulthood and Old age 12 hrs.

Nutritional requirements for adult man and woman. Nutritional concerns and diet. Nutrition and work efficiency. -Physiological changes in aging, effects of aging on nutritional health of elderly. RDA, nutritional guidelines. Modification in diet, feeding old people. Nutritional concerns in old age and their management. Government policies, schemes and entitlements

Pre-requisite: Growth, Development, Demand for nutrition, Different stages of life

Course Objective:

This course will give you an on insight how nutrient needs vary during the lifespan – nutrition during preconception, pregnancy and lactation, infant nutrition, childhood and adolescent nutrition, as well as adult and older adult nutrition.

Course Outcomes:

CO 1: Apply the knowledge of basics of balanced diet, significance of RDA and its purpose.

CO 2: Understand the metabolic changes and nutritional requirements during pregnancy and lactation.

CO 3: Comprehend the knowledge on infant growth development and nutritional requirements, government schemes and policies.

CO4: Gain knowledge on physiological development, nutritional recommended allowances, dietary pattern of childhood and adolescents.

CO5: Understand the physiological changes and diet modifications during adulthood and elderly population.

Skills: To provide wide knowledge and develop skill in planning the nutritional needs of all age groups by understanding their growth and development, requirements and nutritional problems.

CO-PO Mappings

Evaluation Pattern:

*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports, and Seminar

Reference Textbooks:

1. Srilakshmi, , 9th Edition, Dietetics, New Age International Private Ltd., New Delhi, 2023.
2. Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process, 16th Edition, Janice L Raymond & Kelly Morrow, 2023.
3. Chernoff R. Geriatric Nutrition, The Health professionals Hand book.4th Edition, Jones and Bartlett Learning, Burlington. 2013.
4. Edelstein S and Sharlin Life Cycle Nutrition: An Evidence Based Approach, Jones and Barlett publishers, USA. 2009.
5. Ghai Essential Pediatrics, 2ndedn, Interprint, New Delhi. 1990.
6. John EM and David Geriatric Nutrition. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis group. Boca Raton. 2007.
7. Kathleen ML and Escott Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy,16^thedn, W.B. Saunders Company Pennsylvania. 2024.
8. Mahtab Bamji, Kamala Krishna Swamy and G N V Brahmam. Text book of Human Nutrition. Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi. 2009.

Suggested Readings:

1. Park K. Text Book of Preventive and Social Medicine. 21stedn, Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, Jabalpur, 2011.
2. Shills ME, Olson JA, Moshe S and Ross CA. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 9 thedn, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2006.
3. Seth V and Singh K. Diet planning through life cycle: Part 1. Elite publishing house pvt ltd, New Delhi.
4. Smolin and Nutrition Science and Applications, 3rdedn, Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. 2000.