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COMMUNITY NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
BEY347E COMMUNITY NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT 5 2 2 4

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT (On successful completion of this course unit, students/learners will or will be able to)

Identifies the concepts of community nutrition and the community health dietitian.
Uses methods to assess nutritional status in the community and measures nutritional status.
Measures body composition in children, adults, and the elderly, comparing with reference values.
Uses psychosocial, clinical, and biochemical tests to measure nutritional status.
Follows methods for assessing food consumption.
Measures food consumption using food intake analysis programs and artificial intelligence applications.
Measures food consumption through different dietary record methods and analyzes according to national/international references.
Discovers screening tests for nutritional status and selects safe screening tests.
Measures nutritional status using dietary quality indices.
Discriminates and explains the evaluation methods of food consumption status at national, household, and individual levels.
Prepares a questionnaire for nutritional research and evaluates the results obtained.