Course Contents

Course Outline: • Advance study of macronutrients, micronutrients and water. • Digestion, absorption, and metabolism of various nutrients and their interaction. • Nutrition in life cycle: Pre and post natal; infancy, adolescence, elderly. • Methods of assessment of Nutritional Status • A brief study of current food related health issues, organic foods and eating disorders. Lab Outline: • Planning and delivery of nutrition education on nutritional problems of Pakistan • Assessment of nutritional status Anthropometry, Biochemical, Clinical and Dietary and comparison with standards • Calculation of energy and protein requirement for self and for the family • Practical note book.

Course Synopsis

It involves the advanced study of macro- and micronutrients and their relationships to disease states such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and osteoporosis. The physiological and metabolic bases of nutrient needs during the life cycle are also included in the spectrum of advanced nutrition. Body composition determination and weight issues are also the field of interest as a part of advanced nutrition. • To develop advanced understanding of the role of nutrients in prevention of malnutrition. • To study the process of digestion, absorption and metabolism. • To understand the significance of nutrition in life cycle.

Course Learning Outcomes

Outcomes: • Students become familiar with individual nutrients, their sources, functions, requirements, and relationships to health and disease processes. • Students understand the interdependence of nutrients and the importance of their proper balance in diets and physiology. • To assess individual disease risk based on anthropometrics, body composition, and lipid profile. • To critically evaluate current nutrition information and recommendations using scientific peer-reviewed research.