बी. ए. सेमेस्टर VI
गृह विज्ञान
पेपर-1
B.A. (VI Semester)
Home Science
Dietetics and Therapeutic Nutrition

SYLLABUS

Unit - I : Introduction
(a) Definition of Health Dietetics and Therapeutic Nutrition
(b) Importance of Diet Therapy
(c) Facts about fast foods/Junk foods
(d) Objectives of therapeutic Diet
(e) Principles of diet therapy

Unit - II : Diet and feeding methods
(a) Modification of normal diets for therapeutic purposes
(b) Methods of modification
• On the basis of nutrients
• On basis of consistency
(c) Different feeding methods
• Oral feeding
• Tube feeding
• Parenteral Feeding

Unit - III : Energy Metabolism
(a) The calorific value of food
(b) Measurement of energy exchange in the body
• Direct Calorimeter
• Indirect calorimeter
(c) Factors influencing the Basal Metabolic Rate
(d) Factors influencing the total energy requirement

Unit - IV : Diet during fevers and infections
(a) Introduction to fever-Acute fever
-Chronic fever
(b) Important changes in nutrition during fever
(c) Modification of the diet

Unit - V : Diet during Digestive system disorders
(a) Peptic ulcers-Causes, symptoms and diet modification
(b) Diarrhea and Constipation-Causes, treatment and diet modification

Unit - VI : Weight Management
(a) Overweight and Obesity

• Introduction to Obesity
• Causes of Obesity
• Diet Modification
  (b) Underweight
• Causes
• Treatment
• Diet Therapy

Unit - VII : Therapeutic Diets in Cardiac Diseases
(a) Atherosclerosis

• Introduction
• Dietary factors influencing lipid level in blood
• Modification of diet and Meal Pattern
  (b) Hypertension
• Causes and Symptoms
• Diet in Hypertension

Unit - VIII : Endocrinal Disorders
(a) Introduction to endocrinology
(b) Various endocrine glands and their functions : Thyroid, Adrenal and Pancreas
(c) Diabetes Mellitus-occurrence types, symptoms, metabolic changes, dietary modification and educating the patient

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