Nutrition

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. outline general nutrition requirement, energy aspect of diet, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and specific dynamic action (SDA); 2. enumerate the major nutritional disorder, kwashiorkor, marasmus, obesity, iron sources; 3. define absorption, distribution in the body and biochemical function excretion; 4. describe anaemia and hemochromatosis, water and the major ions, H+, Na+, K+, Ca++ HCO3; 5. explain fluid intake and output; 6. discuss total body water distribution, intracellular and extracellular fluids, 7. define trace element, calcium and phosphorus; 8. explain metabolism and significances in the body; and 9. apply biochemical knowledge in the clinics.

General nutrition requirement, energy aspect of diet, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and specific dynamic action (SDA). The major nutritional disorder. Kwashiorkor, marasmus, obesity, iron. Sources’ absorption, distribution in the body and biochemical function excretion, anaemia, and hemochromatosis. Water and the major icons: H+, Na+, K+, Ca++ HCO3, fluid intake and output. Total body water distribution intracellular and extracellular fluids. Trace element. Calcium and phosphorus, metabolism and significances in the body.