DIET 314 : COMMUNITY NUTRITION
Credits:
2
This course aims to critically evaluate the factors affecting diets of various populations and to provide understanding of community nutrition problems and appropriate intervention methods to address these problems. It defines the scope of community nutrition and the relationship between social stratification and nutritional status. It covers nutrition surveys, surveillance and monitoring of community programmes and schemes and community based nutrition intervention strategies. It equips students to manage the nutritional care of population groups across life cycle.