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Assessment of Nutritional Status: Course Outline

course code: BSAN613

Learning outcome

    • To impart  hands-on training in nutritional assessment techniques to diagnose  health problems
    • To understand and apply dietary guidelines for standard nutrient intake
    • To select an appropriate method for measuring dietary needs of hospitalized patients.

Theory

Nutritional assessment systems: nutrition surveys, nutrition surveillance, nutrition screening. Nutritional assessment methods: anthropometrics, biochemical, clinical, dietary. Measuring food consumption at national level: food balance sheets, total diet consumptions. Food consumption at the household levels: food account, household food records, household 24-hour food record. Measuring food consumption at individual levels: 24-hour recall, repeated 24-hour recall, weighed food records, diet history, food frequency questionnaire. Selecting an appropriate method: determining the mean nutrient intake, calculating the population at risk, ranking individuals by food and nutrient intake.

Practical

Practicing methods of nutritional assessment (ABCD of Nutritional assessment); Comparison of the data with references values for drawing conclusions.

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