NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE (CHS 265)FIRST SEMESTER 1436-1437Dr Iman Bindayel

Instructor: Dr Iman Bindayel

Course Credit 3 theoretical hours

Level

4

Office Hours: Monday from 11 am-1 pmTuesday from 10 am-12 pmWednesday from 10 am– 12pm 

Meeting Hours: Thursday 8-11 am

Office number

207

Office phone -

E-Mail Address ebandael@gmail.com

Vision and mission of Clinical Nutrition program

(Vision(

Leadership and excellence in the field of clinical nutrition.

 

Mission( (

 Graduating qualified clinical nutrition specialists provided with sufficient knowledge and skills and armed with values required for professional practices and leadership in the field of clinical nutrition that meet the aspirations of the community at the national and international levels.

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Goals of Clinical Nutrition program   )Goals(

Providing the students with outstanding educational experiences in the field of clinical nutrition according to international standards that develop their professional practices.

. Building the students' competencies of critical thinking, problem solving and effective

communication that help them dealing with various nutritional problems in collaboration with the health care team and other nutrition- related sectors.

Integrating community service activities into the program to adopt healthy nutrition attitudes and behaviors and instill values of compassion, loyalty and belonging among students.

Fostering the principles of life-long learning to empower students' professional self-development, and encourage their participation in conferences, workshops and clinical nutrition related scientific research activities

Course Description

Is a comprehensive look at the nutritional needs of people in the various life stages. From conception until death, people have special nutritional requirements to assure health and growth.

To study the nutritional needs of various groups: pregnant, lactating,infants, adults, and elderly individuals and to provide an inside of the following:

1. General introduction about nutrition status its outcome and the importance of nutrition throughout the life cycle.2. Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation: effect of nutritional status on pregnancy outcome, nutrition supplementation during pregnancy, physiological changes of pregnancy,

recommended intakes of different nutrients/foods. Effect of nonnutritive substances in foods (caffeine, artificial sweeteners, contaminants …etc), beliefs, avoidances, craving, and aversion.

Lactation: physiology of lactation, nutrient requirements of lactation (proteins, lipids and vitamins), and common problems.3. Nutrition in infancy: physiological development nutrient needs of infants (energy, protein, lipids, carbohydrates, water, minerals, and vitamins).

Milk for infants: composition of human breast milk, formulas, food for infants, and feeding patterns).4. Nutrition in childhood: growth and development, assessinggrowth, nutritionalneeds (energy, protein, minerals and vitamins), factors influencing food intake.

Feeding the preschool and school age child .Preventing chronic diseases, nutritionalconcerns (obesity, irondeficiency, dentalcaries, hyperactivitydisorders, and allergy).5. Nutrition in adolescence: growth and development, physiologicalchanges, growth assessment, nutritional requirements, recommendations to support growth and food habits.6. Nutrition in older adults: Theories of aging, aging process(affect on sensory ,oral health,gastrointestinal,metabolic,cardiovascular,renal,musculoskeletal,neurological and

psychosocial), nutrition requirement and nutritional status of the elderly.7. Application of nutrition principles to the human life cycle: nutrient functions, needs, sources and alterations during pregnancy, lactation, growth, development, maturation and

aging.8. Special emphasis is placed on nutritional assessment, selection of food required to meet physiological need of individual.

Course Objectives and Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course each student will be able to:

Understand the role of nutrition and changes in nutritional requirements that occur during the life cycle in humans.

Calculate different pediatric formulas

Perform milk and diet plan and calculations for all stages of life (from infancy including prematurity until elderly)

Calculate the nutrient needs for different health conditions for each stage of life

To comprehend how development occurs throughout life.

Discuss how and why nutrient needs change during each stage of the life cycle.

To know the nutritional requirements of each age group in the human.

To apply knowledge of nutritional needs of age groups to their dietary needs and food choices.

Be able to describe the factors which alter nutrient needs at each stage.

Be able to describe the factors that influence dietary intake at each stage.

Be able to identify strategies to enable nutritive needs to be met at each stage.

Identify major areas of nutritional concern in each stage of the life cycle, including impact of physiological and developmental changes.

Identify nutritional risk factors that may lead to chronic disease.

To evaluate dietary or nutrient intake and recommend improvements, if needed

Absence from classes Students must attend all meetings. The student will lose the marks assigned for discussion and/or assignments that take place during the class if she is absent without a valid excuse .

Students absent with a valid excuse must present their work report the next class session.Class discussions and presentations will deal with the steps of preparing the proposal .

Each student will present and discuss her work and any difficulties or questions that she may have .

  Mobile PhonesSwitch off mobile phones and devices during lectures and store away from open view.

Learning resourses:

1. Nutrition through the life cycle

List of topics Week due

Contact hours

Course Introduction Pediatrics 1

1st 2

Pediatrics 2 2nd 2Pediatrics 3 3rd 2Childhood 1 4th 2 Childhood 2 5th 2Adolescent 7th 2Adulthood 8th 2Elderly 1 9th 2Elderly 2 11th 2

Pregnancy 1 12th 2Pregnancy 2 13th 2

Lactation 14th 2Discussion 15th 2

Assessment task Week due

Proportion of Final

Assessment

Midterm I 6th (8 October) 20 %Midterm II 10th (5 November) 20 %

Class discussion and participation Practical 3rd-14th

20 %Assignment and PresentationPractical

3rd-14th

End Semester Exam 18th (29th December) 40 %