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Course Name Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics-I (P)
Course Code 25FSN282
Program B.Sc. (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition (4 Year)
Semester 3
Credits 1
Campus Coimbatore

Syllabus

Practical 45hrs.

S.No. Title of experiments Course

Outcome
Diet during Malnutrition & Special Conditions
1 Learn to prepare hospital special diets – Clear liquid, Fluid, Soft, Bland, Enteral

and Parenteral diet

 CO 01
2 A day’s menu for a school going boy who is suffering from diarrhoea CO 01
3 A day’s menu for an old woman suffering from constipation CO 01
4 A day’s menu for an underweight adolescent girl of low income CO 01
5 A day’s menu for an underweight adolescent girl of high income CO 01
6 A day’s alternate menu for a 17yr old girl suffering with iron deficiency

anaemia

 CO 01
7 A day’s menu for a pregnant woman suffering from Gestational Diabetes CO 01
Diet During Acute Disease Condition
1 A day’s menu for an adult woman suffering from HIV CO 02
2 A day’s menu for an adult man suffering from Acute renal failure (AKI) CO 02
3 A day’s menu for a schoolboy suffering from Typhoid CO 02
4 A day’s menu for an adolescent girl suffering from jaundice CO 02
5 A day’s menu for an adult man suffering from Hepatitis CO 02
6 A day’s menu for a 50 yr old man suffering from Calcium stone CO 02
7 A day’s menu for a 7yr old boy suffering from Glomerulonephritis CO 02

Objectives and Outcomes

Pre-requisite: Diet management & Role of Dieticians Course Objective:

  • Acquire proficiency in the preparation of various therapeutic diets essential for clinical nutrition, including specialized hospital diets
  • Develop the ability to formulate customized daily menus catering to specific health and special
  • Expand knowledge and understanding of therapeutic dietary interventions during acute disease

Course Outcomes:

CO01: Understand the basic dietary principles involved in planning diets, different malnutrition and special conditions.

CO02: Plan and prepare diets to meet the quality and quantity requirements for specific acute disease conditions.

Skills: Develop skills to plan and prepare a short term acute therapeutic diet

CO PO Mappings:

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3 PSO4
CO01 1 3 – 1 – 2 1 1 3 – 1
CO02 1 3 – 1 – 2 1 2 3 – 1

Evaluation Pattern

Evaluation Pattern:

Internal (CA) External Total
80 20 100

CA – Regular Lab work assessment

Text Books / References

Textbooks & Reference Books:

  1. Srilakshmi, Dietetics New Age International P. Ltd., 9th edition, New Delhi, 2023.
  2. Nutrition and Dietetics by Srilakshmi (Latest edition: 2020)
  3. Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics by Vasudevan and L. Sreedhar (Latest edition: 2019)
  4. Clinical Nutrition: Enteral and Tube Feeding by John Rombeau and Roland G. Phillips (Latest edition: 2018)
  5. Krause’s Food & the Nutrition Care Process” by Kathleen Mahan and Janice L. Raymond – The most recent edition is the 16th edition, published in 2023.
  6. “Nutrition Therapy and Pathophysiology” by Marcia Nelms, Kathryn Sucher, and Sara Long Roth – The most recent edition is the 4th edition, published in 2019.
  7. “Williams’ Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy” by Staci Nix McIntosh and Sara Long Roth – 15th edition, published in 2020.

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