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Course Guide in Nutrition and Diet Therapy (Lecture and Laboratory)

This 3 unit course covers nutrition and diet therapy through 54 hours of lecture and 3 hours of weekly laboratory work. The course will address basic nutrition concepts, nutritional assessment tools and guidelines, the nutrition care process, nutrition across the lifespan, dietary modifications, and cultural considerations in nutrition. Lectures will be accompanied by laboratory activities involving nutritional assessments, meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and other hands-on work. Evaluation includes prelims, midterms, and finals. The goal is to study food in relation to health and disease while incorporating therapeutic and cultural aspects of nutritional services.

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Course Guide in Nutrition and Diet Therapy (Lecture and Laboratory)

This 3 unit course covers nutrition and diet therapy through 54 hours of lecture and 3 hours of weekly laboratory work. The course will address basic nutrition concepts, nutritional assessment tools and guidelines, the nutrition care process, nutrition across the lifespan, dietary modifications, and cultural considerations in nutrition. Lectures will be accompanied by laboratory activities involving nutritional assessments, meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and other hands-on work. Evaluation includes prelims, midterms, and finals. The goal is to study food in relation to health and disease while incorporating therapeutic and cultural aspects of nutritional services.

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COURSE GUIDE IN

NUTRITION AND DIET


THERAPY (LECTURE AND
LABORATORY)
COURSE CREDIT: 2 Units Lecture , 1 Unit Laboratory
CONTACT HOURS/SEMESTER: 54 Lecture Hours
3 Hours per Week

Flexon Learning (Lorma Online Learning System)


◦Synchronous Session = 36 mins/week (LEC), 1 hour
(LAB)
◦Asynchronous Session = 2.hours 24 mins. /week
(LEC), 2 hours (LAB)
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course deals with the
study of food in relation to health. It covers nutrients and
other substances and their action, and interaction and
balance in relation to health and diseases and the process by
which organism ingests, absorbs, transports, utilizes and
excretes food substances. It will also focus in the therapeutic
and food service aspects of the delivery of nutritional
services in hospitals and other health care institution.
LECTURE LABORATORY
PRELIMS
1. BASIC CONCEPTS IN
NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY • Activity 1. ABC’s of preparation
A. . Definition of terms: (video
1. Nutrition, presentation, 3-5 min)
2. Nutrients lECTURE

3. Food • Tips on Purchasing


4. Calorie
5. Nutrient Density
B. Nutrition Concepts
C. Classification of nutrients
1. Macronutrients
2. Micronutrients
LECTURE LABORATORY
2. NUTRITION TOOLS, STANDARDS
AND GUIDELINES NUTRIENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Dietary Reference Intakes ( DRIs)
1. RDA
2. Al
3. UL lECTURE
4. EAR

DIETARY GUIDES AND FOOD GUIDES Activity 2 . MYPYRAMID – (NUTRIENT


1. USDA GUIDELINES FOR FILIPINOS) – draw
2. MyPyramid your own food pyramid or by using cut outs
3. Food Exchange List and with photo documentation
4. Food Labels
5. Nutrient Guidelines for Filipino Food label
6. Meal Planning
LECTURE LABORATORY
3. NUTRITION CARE PROCESS
(ADIME PROCESS)
A. Assessment of Nutritional status
1. Nutritional History
Activity 3.
- Dietary
•lECTURE
Interview
- Food Frequency • Making use of Diet history (adult
- 24-hour Recall - client)
Presentation Output – Interview result, evaluation
Activity 1. Make own 24 hour and photo documentation
food recall and
evaluate
LECTURE LABORATORY
2. PhysicalAssessment • BMI/DBW - Computation
Anthropometric Measurements
- Height and Weight
- BMI
- Body Composition
lECTURE
- DBW
- Mid-Arm Circumference (MAC)
- Fat-fold or Skin-fold Thickness
LECTURE LABORATORY
Other Sources of Data
- Malnutrition Universal Screening • Interview one member of the
Tool (MUST) family or any adult from your
- Subjective Global Assessment neighborhood by using the
(SGA) MNA and SGA tool and
lECTUREmake an evaluation
- Mini Nutritional Assessment
(MNA)
- Geriatric Nutrition Risk Index
(GNRI)
LECTURE LABORATORY

MIDTERMS

3. Malnutrition
a. Causes/factors/people lECTURE
who are at risk
b. Forms of malnutrition
c. Classification of Nutrient
Deficiency/Excess
d. Classification Malnutrition
by BMI
LECTURE LABORATORY
B. Nutrition Diagnosis and Plan of Activity 1 – Cultural Competency
Care • Group Activity Presentation (Ppt) along the
1. Nutrition Problems and / following Cultures:
a. southeast Asian
or Needs
b. Chinese American
2. Planning the Diet with c. Hispanics
Cultural Competency d. Native Americans
3. Resources needed in e. vegetarianism
lECTURE
Planning and Implementing • Contents of presentation:
Dietary Regimen a. food culture
. Activity 1. Formulate one Nutrition b. food preparation
diagnosis from your assigned c. religious restrictions & considerations
d. Pros and cons (adv/disadv)
culture that includes
Activity 2 – Meal Planning focused on the
vegetarianism and religious
assigned culture based from the identified
dietary restrictions .
nutrition problems and needs
LECTURE LABORATORY

C. Nutrition Intervention • Meal Planning Computation


1. Food and Nutrient Delivery
2. Food Administration
•Oral Nutrition lECTURE
•Enteral Nutrition
•Short-term Enteral Access
•Long- term Enteral Access
•Parenteral Nutrition
LECTURE LABORATORY
D. Monitoring Nutritional Status Activity 3. Making an Infographics
1. Strategies to Address on Selected Therapeutic Diets
Age-related Changes
affecting Nutrition
2. Selected Therapeutic Diets
3. Recording and Reporting of lECTURE
Nutrition Status

E. Evaluation
1. Effectiveness of the Plan of
Care
LECTURE LABORATORY
4. NUTRITION ACROSS THE Activity 4. Making a sample menu and
LIFESPAN computation of meal plan and sample
A. Nutrition in Pregnancy and menu cooking thru video
Lactation
B. Nutrition in Infancy • Let student cook the sample menu
lECTURE
C. Nutrition in Childhood’ through a video 3-5 mins only, with
D. Nutrition in Adolescence complete discussion on the sample
E. Nutrition in the Adult Years menu.
F. Nutrition in Aging
LECTURE LABORATORY
5. NUTRITION for HEALTH and Activity 5. Formulate a Nutrition
FITNESS Education and Counselling
A. Nutrition in Weight Infographics
Management
B. Nutrition in Eating Disorders
lECTURE
C. Nutrition Exercise and Sports
D. Nutrition and Bone health
E. Nutrition for Oral and Dental
Health
LECTURE LABORATORY
FINALS
6. DIETARY MODIFICATION AND Activity 1. Make a sample menu,
DIETARY THERAPY cooking the menu and video for 5-10
A. General Diets mins with discussion
B. Diets Modified in Consistency lECTURE
C. Diets Modifies in Composition
LECTURE LABORATORY
7. NUTRITION EDUCATION AND Activity 2. Research work
COUNSELLING: BEHAVIORAL
CHANGE
A. Behavior Theories used
in Nutrition
Education and
Counselling lECTURE
B. Program and Services
available in GOs
or NGOs
8. EVIDENCE BASED GUIDELINE
(EBG) in NUTRITION PRACTICE
A. Major
Recommendations
B. Background Information
C. Reference List
LECTURE LABORATORY

9. LEGAL MANDATES
RELATED TO NUTRITION AND
DIET THERAPY
A. Food and Drug
lECTURE
Administration (FDA)
B. Health Insurance
Portability and
Accountability Act
HIPAA)
C. National Nutrition
Council of the
Philippines (NNCP)
LECTURE LABORATORY
9. ETHICO-MORAL PRINCIPLES
RELATED TO CULTURAL AND
SPIRITUAL PREFERENCE
A. Nutrition Genomics

Activity 2 – reading assignment lECTURE


B. Nutritional Support and
End-of-Life Decision
Making

C. Social, Political and


Economic Issues and
Concerns affecting
Nutrition Care
LECTURE LABORATORY
10. LIFE-LONG LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
A. Library Search
B. Access On-line Resources
C. Current Events
D. Information Technology on lECTURE

Nutrition and Dietetics


Activity 3 – Reading Assignment
LECTURE LABORATORY
11. FILIPINO CULTURE, VALUES, Activity 3 . Individual Digital
PRACTICES, AND BELIEFS APPLICABLE Creative brochure on Dietary
IN NUTRITION Beliefs and Cultural Practices of
A. Cultural Aspects of Dietary
the Filipinos
Planning
B. Filipino Dietary Practices
lECTURE
C. Core Values of Nursing as Activity 4. Individual encoded
Applied to Nutrition and research work (core values)
Dietetics
D. Entrepreneurship Opportunities
on Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Activity 4. Present a Nutri-business thru a Digital


creative Poster/Infographics
◦.

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