NFSC 425 - International Nutrition
This syllabus covers the general subject matter and format for the course but does not apply to any specific semester. For information about this course for a particular semester please contact the course Instructor. Syllabi for all courses in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science are subject to change at any time per decision of the Instructor. The Instructor for the course may also change at the discretion of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science.
Prerequisites
NFSC100 or comparable course, with proof
Objectives
- To understand the factors in the physical, economic, and socio-cultural, and political environments which affect the diet and nutritional status of people living in economically under-developed countries.
- To become familiar with the major nutrition problems in the world today, their causes and effects.
- To become familiar with the serious consequences malnutrition may have for other aspects of health.
- To identify the major strategies now employed for the alleviation of nutrition problems in under-developed countries, and to understand some strengths and weaknesses of these strategies.
- To become familiar with the role of some multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of nutrition and health policies and programs in the under-developed world. To also become aware of some of the controversies surrounding multilateral assistance programs.
Required Materials
- Text: The State of the World’s Children 1998, UNICEF, 1998. (available online: http://www.unicef.org/sowc98/)
*****Additional readings will be given as pdf files or as handouts - Additional Sources:
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition, most volumes.
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, various vols.
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association
- The State of the World’s Children 2000, UNICEF, 2000.
- Journal of Nutrition, most volumes
- Nutrition: an International Journal of Basic and Applied Nutrition Science
- Selected Internet Sites (see instructor for authentic sites)
Instructor
Dr. Robert Jackson
0119 Skinner Building
(301) 405-4533
bojack@umd.edu
Schedule of Classes
| Week # | Topic | Readings/Activities |
| Week 1 | Class Introduction Malnutrition & its Multiple Causes |
Handouts |
| Week 2 | World Food Production, Population, Food Aid, and Development Assessment of Nutritional Status of Individuals and Populations |
Film: Will the World Starve |
| Week 3 | Assessment cont. Major Public Health Nutrition Problems - Big Four - EPM |
NO READINGS |
| Week 4 | Energy-Protein Malnutrition Vitamin A Deficiency |
Film: Ending Hidden Hunger |
| Week 5 | Vitamin A Deficiency Iodine Deficiency Diseases |
NO READINGS |
| Week 6 | First Examination Nutritional Anemias |
NO READINGS |
| Week 7 | Nutritional Anemias Lesser Prevalent Nutritional Diseases: Beriberi, Pellagra, Scurvy, Rickets, Osteomalacia |
NO READINGS |
| Week 8 | Undernutrition in Women- Causes and Consequences Non-communicable Diseases: Chronic Disease |
NO READINGS |
| Week 9 | Nutrition-related Parasites & Worker Productivity Diarrheas and Water Quality |
Film: Competition for Nutrition |
| Week 10 | Infant Feeding Practices, Breastfeeding/Bottlefeeding Weaning Foods/Food Processing |
NO READINGS |
| Week 11 | Second Examination Food/Nutrition Relief |
Film: Africa On the Move |
| Week 12 | Multilateral Agencies, WHO/PAHO Student Presentations Paper 1 Due |
NO READINGS |
| Week 13 | Student Presentations | NO READINGS |
| Week 14 | Multinational Corporations--Help or Hindrance Nutrition Interventions Famine - Causes and Solutions |
Film: Global Assembly Line Film:Avoidable Famine |
| Week 15 | Western Development Strategies: Solutions? Nutrition Successes - Approaches that Work Hunger/Malnutrition in USA Paper 2 Due |
Film: In the Name of Progress |
Grading and Evaluation
| First Preliminary Exam | 100 points |
| Second Preliminary Exam | 100 points |
| Final Examination | 150 points |
| Paper I | 75 points (50 pts. Written; 25 pts oral) |
| Paper II | 50 Points |
| Class Exercise (unannounced) | 25 points |
| Total | 500 points |
A = 90-100%;
B = 80-89%;
C = 70-79%;
D = 60-69%;
F < 60%
For more information, contact Dr. Robert Jackson
Last updated: 10/5/2006