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Describe the dietary management of diabetes mellitus

What is a therapeutic diet? Explain the major therapeutic modifications of the normal diet.

What precautions would you take to prevent occurrence of accidents at home.  

How is safe drinking water supply provided to urban areas.

List the agents of infection. Describe any two of them. 

What is meant by quality of life? Enumerate the indicators affecting the quality of life. 

Briefly discuss family planning and beyond family planning measures giving appropriate examples. 

List the main sources of data on vital statistics. 

Visit an Anganwadi functioning under ICDS programme in your neighbourhood. Write the name/age/gender of the beneficiary who came to the Anganwadi that day and services provided to them in that centre. Comment on the services followed, and not being provided. (Refer to DNHE 1 Vol 2, Unit 24)  

Visit your locality and identify 10 individuals who are suffering from diabetes mellitus. In a table record their name, age, gender and the food restrictions made by them in their diet. Analyse whether their diet is in accordance to dietary modifications suggested for diabetes.. (Refer to DNHE 1 Vol 2, Unit 21) 

Record height and weight of 10 (ten) adults in your locality and determine their body mass index (BMI). Classify them to identify their health status based on WHO classification (Refer to DNHE 1 Vol 2, Unit 21, Table 21.1) 

Based on the steps involved in planning balanced diet, prepare a diet for a pregnant woman belonging to low socio-economic group. (Refer to DNHE 1, Vol 2, Practical Manual -Part 1, Section 6) 

Enumerate the 4 major methods used to assess nutritional status of individuals. Discuss one in brief. 

Write about the objectives and components of MDM Programme 

Dietary management of Coronary Heart Disease 

Dietary management of Diarrhoea

Enlist the clinical manifestations, causes and treatment of the following nutrition related disorders:
a) A 7 year child suffering from Xerophthalmia
b) A 5 year girl suffering from Vitamin D deficiency

Enumerate any simple test by which adulteration can be detected in :
 i) Sand or dirt in jaggery
 ii) Papaya seeds in black pepper 

What is food adulteration? Explain with examples

Elaborate on any 3 techniques used for preservation of food by bacteriostatic method