Nutrition, Growth and Development

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define normal growth and normal development; 2. list important milestones in growth and development; 3. describe behavioural disorders, enuresis and encopresis, temper tantrum, head banging, breath holding attacks, language delay/disorders/communication disorders, dyslexia, stuttering, clinical features management; 4. illustrate instruction on nutritional needs of normal children and those with disorders like protein-energy-malnutrition, marasmus, and micronutrient deficiencies; 5. enumerate technical skills of anthropometry and instructions on the use and value of the growth charts; 6. list factors affecting growth and development of children; and 7. describe over nutrition and associated problems.

Growth and development I. Normal growth. Normal development. Important milestones in growth and development. Primitive reflexes. Growth and development II. Behavioural disorders. Food fussiness. Enuresis and encopresis. Temper tantrum. Head banging. Breath holding attacks. Language delay/disorders/ communication disorders. Dyslexia, stuttering, clinical features management. Nutrition, attendance at the nutrition clinic is compulsory for instruction on the nutritional needs of normal children and those with disorders like protein- energy-malnutrition, marasmus and micronutrient deficiencies. Technical skills of anthropometry are taught and instructions on the use and value of the growth charts and on factors affecting growth and development of children are highlighted. Anthropometry. Factors 130 affecting growth and development. Failure to thrive babies and causes. Puberty, adolescence and its problem. Over nutrition and associated problems.