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Nutrition Syllabus for WB SLST 2025 (Class XI-XII)

This syllabus covers essential topics in nutrition, focusing on practical knowledge and examination relevance. Students will learn about balanced diets, therapeutic nutrition, and nutrition across different life stages, along with community and sports nutrition.

1. Meal Planning & Community Nutrition

• Balanced Meal Design: Principles of balanced meals tailored for children, adolescents, adults, pregnant and lactating women, and the elderly.
• Community Nutrition Programs: Overview of national and local nutrition programs, the role of dietitians in community health, and strategies to improve nutritional status.
• Budget-Friendly Meal Planning: Techniques to design nutritious, cost-effective meals for families with limited resources.

2. Therapeutic Nutrition

• Diets for Special Conditions: Nutritional management of patients in hospitals including diets for diabetes, hypertension, gastrointestinal, liver, kidney, and heart diseases.
• Feeding Methods: Understanding oral feeding, enteral (tube feeding), and parenteral (IV) nutrition methods.
• Nutrition-Infection Link: How nutrition affects immunity and infection recovery, including patient counseling techniques.

3. Maternal & Infant Nutrition

• Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation: Essential nutrients, dietary recommendations, and common challenges.
• Infant Feeding Practices: Benefits of breastfeeding versus formula feeding, introduction of complementary foods (weaning), and monitoring infant growth and weight.

4. Child & Adolescent Nutrition

• Nutritional Needs: Requirements during various growth stages of childhood and adolescence.
• School Lunch Planning: Designing balanced meals for school children to support growth and learning.
• Growth Assessment: Techniques to monitor and evaluate nutritional status in children.

5. Geriatric Nutrition

• Dietary Needs of the Elderly: Understanding age-related physiological changes and their impact on nutrition.
• Nutrition Strategies: Planning diets to maintain health, prevent deficiencies, and manage chronic conditions in older adults.

6. Sports Nutrition

• Nutrition for Athletes: Energy requirements, nutrient timing, hydration, and meal planning to enhance performance and recovery.

7. Diet for Common Diseases

• Therapeutic Diets: Customized diets for gastrointestinal, liver, kidney, heart diseases, diabetes, and obesity.
• Nutritional Adequacy: Ensuring therapeutic diets meet macro- and micronutrient needs for disease management.

Important Notes: Emphasis is placed on practical application, patient counseling, and community nutrition awareness. Students should focus on understanding diet planning principles and their role in health promotion and disease management.