Public health nutrition: overview, concepts, determinants, foundations; Disease burden and its control; Health promotion and disease prevention; Modes of intervention, monitoring and surveillance; Safety and health at work place; Public health nutrition: assessment and programs. Nutritional surveillance and growth monitoring; Public health policies and strategies; Marketing nutrition programs in public; Public health nutrition: a field of practice; Public health nutritionist: competencies, duties, responsibilities, ethics.
To figure out global and local scenario of public health nutrition
To understand the core concepts and assessment methods at the population level
To acquaint hands-on training for development of policies related to nutrition and possible gaps in the matrix of nutrition policies
Food and nutrition surveys for monitoring of public health; Community need assessment; Planning, implementation and monitoring nutrition intervention program based on the need assessment of the community; Marketing nutrition programs in the public; Visit of various public health departments.