Nutrition and Bone Health Quiz

Study Notes

Provide student with knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to assist patients with organic health problems.
Enable students to understand basic diet therapy and comply with nutritional regimens within sociocultural environments.

Identify basic food requirements
Describe the function of various nutritional elements
Explain diet for common diseases
Define applied nutrition terminologies
Recall principles of basic nutrition/dietetics
Identify metabolic processes of molecules related to nutrition
Identify etiology, signs, symptoms and risk factors of specific nutritional disorders
List relevant health assessment/diagnostic techniques/procedures
List different types of nutrition therapy for specific dietary diseases

Explain the role of diet and nutrition in prevention/treatment of dietary problems

Plan a therapeutic diet suitable for specific diseases (e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, gastro-intestinal, liver, renal or metabolic)

Identify parameters of adequate nutrition.
Understand the use of drug therapy in relation to foods
Use computer, internet, and modern technology for information retrieval.
Use e-libraries and textbooks for reference
Communicate effectively in class discussions/presentations and oral evaluations.
Integrate statistical data or formulas for research work.
Apply mathematical methods to solve problems.

The course will cover several topics. Specific topics/weeks are laid out on page 7 of the document. The schedule outlines each topic with its corresponding duration and lecturer/staff responsible for that week's module.