Certificate in Nutrition and Dietetics

Overview

Module- 1 (Part-1) • Food, Nutrition and Health • Nutrients in foods - Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats -Minerals - Vitamins - Water • Basal metabolic rate • Energy balance

Module - 1 (Part-2) • Food and food groups • Calorie requirement • Introduction to food • Exchange list • Meal planning • Cooking and cooking methods • Methods of improving nutritional quality of food • Food adulteration

Module 2 • Introduction to dietetics • Fundamentals of meal planning • Nutrition through life cycle • Pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, • Adolescence, Adulthood, old age

Module 3 – Clinical Nutrition • Typhoid • Tuberculosis • Constipation • Diarrhea • Peptic ulcers • Food allergies • Kidney stones • Jaundice • Arthritis & diet control • Gout • Heart diseases • Diabetes • Obesity

Eligibility

Applicant should have done Graduate.

Minimum Education