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The course is designed to enable the student identify issues and trends in nursing and health care. In-depth knowledge is derived through literature review and interaction with members of the health team. Seminar report will be presented by the student.

Plant; soil and water relationships; Nutrient uptake; Mechanisms and theories of nutrient uptake; Roles of major and minor plant nutrients in plant metabolism; Nutrient interactions and deficiency symptoms; Biofortification and Genetic improvement of plants for enhanced micronutrient content; Analytical techniques in plant nutrition studies; Hydroponics; Techniques in radio labelling/tracer studies

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.

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 71 output. Total body water distribution intracellular and extracellular fluids. Trace element. Calcium and phosphorus, metabolism and significances in the body.

Definition and concepts of counselling. Roles of Dietitians/ Nutritionists. Dietary counselling for target patients, application of Behavioural Change Communication for healthy living. Counsellor– Patient relationship. Problems/Barriers to Communication in relation to patients. Development of personal philosophy to problem solving. Different approaches to counselling; steps in dietary counselling. Nutrition counselling at home and in the hospital. The concept of change: The nature of dietary change, implication of dietary change, adapting to dietary change. Patients interviewing techniques. Clients’ compliance and associated factors including follow up.

The course should be delivered using the FAO ENACT course module. Definitions, goals and objectives of nutrition education; Learning objectives; Factors influencing teaching and learning; Nutrition problems and causes; The place of nutrition education in solving nutrition problems; Activity-oriented programmes adopted in fostering nutrition education and nutritional status of people; Communicating nutrition education – the source, the message (content) and the recipient; Nutrition education approaches; Learning methods (tutorials and mini projects) in nutrition education; Instructional technologies used in nutrition education; Programme planning and evaluation in nutrition education; Principles of nutrition advocacy; Behavioural change communication for healthy living; Information, education and communication (IEC) strategies; Communication skills and technical information.

Applied nutrition programme planning and implementation. Nutrition policy and governance. Public private partnership. Link between Nutrition and Development. Multisectoral linkages (Agriculture, Nutrition, Health and Education sectors and many others) in Nutrition programme planning and implementation. Monitoring and Evaluation of Nutrition programme. Food laws and regulations. Nutrition labelling. Applications of Codex Alimentarius Commission. Poverty reduction and nutrition security. Nutrition and social protection. Basic concepts of Advocacy: Definition, Importance, Types, process of developing effective advocacy plan, Advocacy tools, development and implementation strategies for effective advocacy.

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.

Socio-cultural patterns of food behaviour, food habits, and determinants of food choice and nutrition transition. Execution of nutrition surveys of individual and groups in institution, in urban and rural setting. Methods used in nutrition surveys: anthropometry (stunting, wasting, underweight, overweight/obesity), food balance sheets, morbidity and mortality vital statistics, clinical signs, growth monitoring, growth chart methods construction and use of questionnaires, various parameters used in food consumption surveys. methodology in collecting food consumption data (direct methods: weigh food intake, 24-hour dietary recall, food frequency questionnaire, estimated food record and many others.) and indirect methods - food balance sheet, data processing and calculation of various nutrients, interpretation of data collected and use of survey results. Food composition tables.