Syllabus | FAMILY MEAL MANAGEMENT | B. Sc. (Nutrition & Dietetics) | First Year

S. No

Topic

Domain

Hours

Module 1

• Balanced diet
• Food groups &
• The planning of balance diet

• introduction to family meal management
• definition of balance diet
• food groups

Desirable to know

• factors considered in planning balance diet
• importance of food groups
• classification of food groups

3

Module 2

• Using dietary recommendations
• Food labels to plan menu
• Your guide to good nutrition(yggn)
• Plate model
• Food groups, classifications of food group,
• Food pyramids, my pyramid(usda),canada’ food guide,chinese food pagoda,filipino food pyramid, nutrition facts

• Introduction to RDA
• Dietary recommendation by ICMR
• Food pyramids

Desirable to know

• Use of food labels to plan menu

3

Module 3

• -routine hospital diets

• -normal diet
• -soft diet
• mechanical soft diet
• -fluid diets

• clear fluid diet and full fluid diet

• Definition of diet therapy
• Introduction to routine hospital diet

Desirable to know

• Objectives of diet therapy
• Foods given and avoided in different diet

2

Module 4

To cover current scenario of diet and stress

• national level

• international level

• Introduction to stress
• Role of diet in stress
• National scenario in relation to diet & stress
• National scenario in relation to diet & stress

Desirable to know

• Health effects due to stress
• Concept of stress

Nice to know

• Types of stress

1

Module 5

To cover ABC’s model of good health

• basic diet planning principles
• nutrition density
• diet-planning guide
• food group plan

• Definition of health
• Principles of diet planning
• Guidelines for diet planning

Desirable to know

• ABC model of good health
• Factors affecting health and balance diet

2

Module 6

In this unit cover classification of vegetarianism and non- vegetarianism, semi, pesco, lacto-ovo, lacto, ovo, vegan

• Introduction to Indian meal pattern
• Classification of meal pattern
• Definition of vegetarianism

Desirable to know

• Importance of meal pattern
• Nutritional requirement of vegetarian
• The health effects of excess and inadequate intake of protein in diet

2

Module 7

• To cover nutrition related myths and fads, periodicals claims, health food stores, General Nutrition Centre (GNC), nutrition consultants, faulty food habits

• Definition of food faddism
• Definition of faulty food habits
• Role of centers in food faddism

Desirable to know

• Types of faulty food habits
• Conditions due to faulty food habits

Nice to know

• Myths related to food faddism

2

Module 8

• To cover all cousins   north ,south, Chinese, Italian foods

• Introduction of common Indian recipes
• Nutritive value of recipes
• Types of cuisines

6

Module 9

• In this cover physiological stages of pregnancy, expected weight gain,
• nutritional requirements including sources
• food selection,

• Complication of pregnancy(primary and secondary)

• Introduction of pregnancy
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement in pregnancy
• Disease in pregnancy

Desirable to know

• Stages of pregnancy
• Food sources given in pregnancy

Nice to know

• Physiological changes in pregnancy
• Complications related to pregnancy

8

Module 10

• In this cover physiology of lactation:

• Role of hormones, factors affecting the volume and composition of breast milk, nutritional and food requirements

• Suggested recipes for a lactating mother

• Introduction of lactation
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement in lactation
• Introduction to breastfeeding

Desirable to know

• Stages of pregnancy
• Food given in lactation
• Importance of breastfeeding
• Factors considered wile planning diet for lactating mother

Nice to know

• Physiological changes in lactation
• Complications related to lactation
• Myths related to lactation

4

Module 11

• In this cover- growth & development
• nutritional requirements
• food requirements
• breast feeding, importance of breast milk
• infant formula, preterm baby
• introduction of supplementary foods

• Introduction of infancy
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of infant
• Introduction to breastfeeding
• Introduction to supplementary feeding

Desirable to know

• Stages of infancy
• Food given
• Importance of breastfeeding
• Factors considered while planning diet for infant

Nice to know

• Difference between normal infant and pre term infant

• Feeding problems in infants

8

Module 12

• In this cover growth & nutrient need
• nutrition related problems
• factors affecting nutritional status
• feeding patterns

• Introduction of early childhood
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of pre-school children

Desirable to know

• Food given
• Factors considered while planning diet for children

Nice to know

• Feeding problems in children

8

Module 13

• To cover nutritional requirement
• importance of snacks
• School lunch.

• Introduction of school childhood
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of pre-school children
• Introduction to school lunch

Desirable to know

• Food given
• Factors considered while planning diet for school children
• Factors considered while planning school lunch for school children

Nice to know

• Physiological changes in school children
• Feeding problems in school children

8

Module 14

• Introduction of adolescences
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of adolescences

Desirable to know

• Food given
• Factors considered while planning diet for adolescences

Nice to know

• Physiological changes in adolescence
• Feeding problems in adolescences

10

Module 15

• To cover nutritional requirements, ,food adequacy, low cost balanced diets

• Introduction of adulthood
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of adulthood

Desirable to know

• Stages of adulthood
• Food given
• Factors considered while planning diet for adulthood

Nice to know

• Physiological changes in adulthood
• Feeding problems in adolescences

6

Module 16

• To cover process of ageing, factors affecting food intake and nutrient use, nutrient needs, nutrition related problems.

• Introduction of geriatric nutrition
• Definition of geriatric nutrition
• RDA
• Nutritional requirement of elderly
• Factors considered while planning diet for elderly

Desirable to know

• Feeding problems in elderly
• Food given

Nice to know

• Physiological changes

7