History and importance of nutrition intervention planning; World declaration on nutrition; Nutrition development partners; Policy guidelines; Community nutrition programs: national and international, supplementary feeding programs; Food fortification, supplementation and diet diversification; School feeding programs: interventions and impacts; Improving household food security; Protecting consumers through improved food quality and safety; Preventing and managing infectious diseases; Promoting breast feeding; Caring for socio-economically deprived and vulnerable; Preventing and controlling specific micronutrient deficiencies; Promoting appropriate diets and healthy lifestyle; Improving health care; Five years plan for Pakistan (Nutrition); Nutrition intervention: counselling for change; SUN movement; One health concept; National nutrition programs: food & nutrition program, Tawana Pakistan, school health program; Developing effective food and nutrition policies and programs.
To familiarize with global and local nutrition policies and programs in the domain of public health nutrition
To prevent and control specific micronutrient deficiencies through diet based approaches among the vulnerable
To promote appropriate diets and healthy lifestyles and access, analyze and monitor
nutrition situations
Nutritional counselling; Program designing for specific diseases like anemia, neural tube defects, rickets, etc.; Surveys and seminars in different educational institutions; Individual presentations by students on different nutrition topics; Visits of public places for nutrition awareness; Independent student projects.