Public Health Nutrition and Rehabilitation

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe relationship between diet and nutrition; 2. discuss nutritional values of common Nigeria foodstuff; 3. explain food supply and distribution, food chain and food security; 4. enumerate problems associated with unbalanced diet; 5. differentiate nutrition and health, infection and nutrition; 6. describe food policy, hygiene and toxicology; 7. explain assessment of nutritional status; 8. describe exclusive breastfeeding, complimentary feeding in children; 9. discuss rehabilitative medicine, underprivileged members of the society; 10. list classifications and causes of handicaps; 11. conduct critical appraisal for the case of the handicapped; 12. define disaster relief; and 13. compare social welfare services in Nigeria and other countries.

Public health nutrition definition. Relationship between diet and nutrition. Nutritional values of common Nigeria foodstuff. Food supply and distribution. Food chain and food security. Nutritional education. Problems associated with unbalanced diet. Nutrition and health. Infection and nutrition. Epidemiology and control of common nutritional disorders in Nigeria 94 (common eating habits, family feeding pattern and others). Food policy, hygiene and toxicology. Assessment of nutritional status (of a child and others). Exclusive breastfeeding, complimentary feeding in children. Rehabilitation, introduction to rehabilitative medicine. The underprivileged members of the society, classifications and causes of handicaps, critical appraisal for the case of the handicapped, provision of the underprivileged members of the community. Disaster relief. Comparison of social welfare services in Nigeria and other countries.