| Course Type | Course Code | No. Of Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Core | SVS1EC103 | 2 |
Semester and Year Offered: Semester-1, Monsoon 2017
Course Coordinator and Team: Sheetal Nagpal, Sunita Singh and Fariha Siddiqui
Email of course coordinator: fariha@aud.ac.in
Pre-requisites: None
Objectives:
The objectives of the course are to help students to:
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
Brief description of modules/ Main modules:
Module 1: Interrelationship between child health and nutrition
This module will begin with the concept of child’s ‘health’ and ‘wellbeing’ and various components of health and wellbeing, such as, physical, emotional and social. The factors influencing health and wellbeing of children will be discussed. In addition to health and wellbeing, the interrelationship between food, nutrition, health and disease will be studied in detail. The functions of food, different food groups- energy giving foods, body building foods, protective foods, water and roughage and their functions will be discussed. Common terms such as nutrients, micro nutrients, macro nutrients, malnutrition, over nutrition and balanced diet will be described. The students will also be introduced to varied aspects of meal planning and recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) (ICMR, 2010) for infants and children.
Module 2: Health and nutrition during infancy
Growth and development of children during infancy (up till the age of 2 years), their nutritional needs for their optimal health, common cultural beliefs and misconceptions regarding feeding infants, and feeding practices during infancy will be discussed. The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding during first six months of life will be described. Then various weaning foods that can be prepared for infants and toddlers, important aspects to be kept in mind while doing meal planning for infants and toddlers, precautions while preparing food for them and feeding of infants with disabilities will be described. Common nutritional disorders and illnesses during infancy will be discussed in detail with a focus on their symptoms, etiology and management through diet modifications and nutritional supplementation.Students will gain an understanding about appropriate meal planning for infants with diverse health statuses in an early childhood centre. They will also learn about growth monitoring of infants.
Module 3: Health and nutrition during preschool and middle childhood years
This module begins with a focus on nutritional requirements of children during preschool and middle childhood years as per their growth and development. Food preferences and eating habits of children and various food fads due to cultural beliefs and practices will be discussed. This will help students in understanding the various aspects that need to be kept in mind while planning meals for children belonging to preschool age and middle childhood years. Diet modifications that need to be done for children with disabilities, nutritional deficiencies and illnesses will also be discussed. Growth monitoring of children during preschool age and middle childhood years will be described. The students will also be apprised about the extent of malnutrition amongst young children in our country and various measures taken by the government to combat malnutrition- policies, schemes and programmes related to children’s health and nutrition in brief.
Assessment Details with weights:
S. No. | Assignment | Weight |
1. | Assignment 1: Individual written report | 30% |
2. | Assignment 2: Written report | 30% |
3. | Assignment 3: Group written report | 30% |
4. | Attendance and in-class participation. | 10% |
Reading List:
Chapter 1 Food, Nutrition and Health (pp. 1-14).
Chapter 2 Nutrient Requirements and Recommendations (pp. 15-30).
Chapter 15 Principles of meal planning (223-236)
Chapter 1 Young children’s health and wellbeing in context
Chapter 3 Foundations for emotional and social wellbeing
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of meal planning (pp 7-13).
Chapter 3 Allied aspects of meal planning (pp 14-28).
Chapter 4 Food exchange lists in meal planning (pp 29-46).
Chapter 2 Nutritional needs of children (pp 24-40).
Chapter 3 Growth and development of children (pp. 41-61).
Chapter 5 Starting other family foods (pp 87-105).
Chapter 10 Protein Energy Malnutrition (pp. 109-117).
Chapter 21 Nutrition for preschoolers (pp. 321-332).
Chapter 22 Nutrition for school age children (pp. 333-342).
Chapter 26 Feeding children with special needs (pp. 379-390).
Chapter 11 Deficiency diseases (pp. 118-125).
Chapter 12 Infections (pp. 126-143).
ADDITIONAL REFERENCE:
Chapter 2 Fundamentals of meal planning (pp 7-13).
Chapter 3 Allied aspects of meal planning (pp 14-28).
Chapter 4 Food exchange lists in meal planning (pp 29-46).
Chapter 20 Nutrition during infancy (pp 302-320).
Chapter 7 Nutrition during infancy (pp. 101-121).
http://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/nnp_0.pdf
Chapter 8 Nutrition during childhood and adolescence (pp. 122-144).
