Sunday, 10 December 2017

DECEMBER 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

       R.Mahalakshmi, professor and Head of the department (Nutrition , FSM and Dietetics) was invited as a Guest Speaker (Inauguration of Health and Hygiene Club)–Al-Huda Matric Hr.Sec.School,Vaniyambadi.
       Health education plays an important role in the community hygiene. To prevent illness and have positive health attitude, correct and complete knowledge of health is necessary. Health is cleanliness and cleanliness is one of the main defenses against diseases, whether contagious or self-generated. In this lesson we will discuss the actual meaning of health and hygiene, so that the aim of good health can be achieved through sanitary habits and healthy way of living.

        Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. Many people equate hygiene with 'cleanliness,' but hygiene is a broad term. It includes such personal habit choices as how frequently to bathe, wash hands, trim fingernails, and change clothing. It also includes attention to keeping surfaces in the home and workplace, including bathroom facilities, clean and pathogen-free. Some regular hygiene practices may be considered good habits by a society, while the neglect of hygiene can be considered disgusting, disrespectful, or threatening.

Wednesday, 1 November 2017

OCTOBER, 2017

From the department of Nutrition, FSM and Dietetics, students were participated in CHEM - FUSION , 2017 event held at Islamiah Men's College. Students were also participated in many competitions like poster presentation, quiz, ppt presentation, puzzle and won prizes in ppt presentation.

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK CELEBRATION 2017

7TH SEPTEMBER
The National Nutrition Week will be observed throughout the country from 1st to 7th September. The theme of the National Nutrition Week for 2017 is "FEEDING SMART, FROM THE START". The basic objective of this annual event is to intensify awareness generation on the importance of nutrition for health which has an impact on development, productivity, economic growth and ultimately National development.
On behalf of National Nutrition Week, Department of Nutrition, FSM and Dietetics conducted a inter department competitions for students such as Essay writing, poster presentation, ready steady and go and cookery competition. Cookery competition for staff members also conducted on 4th September. And also various on stage events like quiz, connections, debate and miss nutrition has been conducted.

On September 7th Guest lecture on the topic "The Coming Age of Personalized Nutrition " was given by Mrs. Janani Tamilvanan, Founder and CEO, Geneobe, Coimbatore.

Month and year: 16 th September, 2017

Activity: National Seminar at MMM

The Staffs and Students of III UG and all PG’S attended the National Seminar and participated in Various Competitions like Poster, Cookery, Street Play, Fashion Parade , Ad zap in Madras Medical Mission on 16/09/2017. The students won prizes and got overall runner up trophies.

Month and year: 19 ^thand 20 ^th September, 2017

Activity: Community Nutrition Survey

For tribal people in Puthurnadu , Community Nutrition Survey was conducted .For this Survey Students of III UG and II PG were involved in Nutritional assessment like Anthropometry, Dietary intake pattern and awareness were given through street play, poster presentation , Demo on exercise and Lecture on Health and Hygiene. The Staffs were R.Mahalakshimi Asst Prof and HOD, M.Saranya Asst Prof , C.Subhanandhini Asst Prof guided the students for this survey in a successful manner.

National Nutrition Week is used to celebrate for making the people to know about the proper Health by eating proper Nutrition Foods and to get them the Importance of the Nutrition to their Body. It is very easy for the people to maintain their Body, but it is very difficult for the people to decrease or increase their Body when they have high weight or low weight. It is very Important to recommend the Doctors to get a proper treatment to increase or decrease their Body for making their Body as per their well Body requirement.

Read more https://www.iaspaper.net/national-nutrition-week/K CELEBRATION - 2017

Thursday, 31 August 2017

World Breastfeeding Week

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is an annual celebration which is being held every year from 1 to 7 August .Breastmilk provides just the right proportion of essential nutrients, vitamins, proteins, fats and antibodies to help your baby’s body and brain develop.Because breastmilk is the perfect food, breastfed babies get a wealth of medical benefits. A preeminent baby authority, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), states: "Breastfeeding ensures the best possible health and best developmental and psychosocial outcomes for the infant."

Advantages:

Get sick less and have a lower risk of allergies.
Have a lower risk of obesity and Types 1 and 2 diabetes.
Have a lower incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).
Have a reduced risk for ear infections (otitis media) and gastroenteritis.
Are on a path to optimal brain development.
Get nutrients that help strengthen and develop their immature immune system in a way no other substance can.
Respond better to immunizations against Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Haemophilus influenza (bacterium that can cause a severe infection).
Have optimal oral development because of their jaw movements and nutrients in breastmilk decrease the risk of tooth decay.
Are protected against respiratory infections including those caused by rotaviruses.
Are less likely to be hospitalized with pneumonia or bronchiolitis, and have a decreased risk of lower respiratory tract infections.
Have been associated with a slightly enhanced performance on cognitive development tests.

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. Compared with other diseases caused by a single infectious agent, tuberculosis is the second biggest killer, globally.

Causes:

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium causes TB. It is spread through the air when a person with TB (whose lungs are affected) coughs, sneezes, spits, laughs, or talks.
TB is contagious, but it is not easy to catch. The chances of catching TB from someone you live or work with are much higher than from a stranger. Most people with active TB who have received appropriate treatment for at least 2 weeks are no longer contagious.

Symptoms of tuberculosis

While latent TB is symptomless, the symptoms of active TB include the following:

Coughing, sometimes with mucus or blood
Chills
Fever
Loss of weight
Loss of appetite
Night sweats
Fatigue
Prevention:
A few general measures can be taken to prevent the spread of active TB.
Avoiding other people by not going to school or work, or sleeping in the same room as someone, will help to minimize the risk of germs from reaching anyone else. Wearing a mask, covering the mouth, and ventilating rooms can also limit the spread of bacteria.

Communicable Disease

A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
It is important in the planning and evaluation of disease prevention and control programs, in the assurance of appropriate medical therapy, and in the detection of common-source outbreaks. Some examples of the communicable diseases include Hepatitis A, B & C, influenza, measles, and salmonella and other food borne illnesses.
How these diseases spread depends on the specific disease or infectious agent. Some ways in which communicable diseases spread are by:

physical contact with an infected person, such as through touch (staphylococcus), sexual intercourse (gonorrhea, HIV), fecal/oral transmission (hepatitis A), or droplets (influenza, TB)
contact with a contaminated surface or object (Norwalk virus), food (salmonella, E. coli), blood (HIV, hepatitis B), or water (cholera);
bites from insects or animals capable of transmitting the disease (mosquito: malaria and yellow fever; flea: plague); and
travel through the air, such as tuberculosis or measles.

Sunday, 26 March 2017

Changmei Shadang Asst. Professor, Dept. of Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics has participated and presented oral presentation entitled "Physico Chemical and Sensory Properties of formulated cookies using Millet's" awarded the best oral presentation at Diamond jubilee celebrations, UGC sponsored National Conference on Scientific perspectives of Home Science at Avinash Lingam University, coimbatore on 6th and 7th March 2017.

february month

R.Mahalakshmi HOD, Dept.of Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics has Invited as a Chief Guest and as one of the panelist in the healthy cooking competition entitled, 'Mummys Yummys Kitchen', and delivered a lecture on , 'Cances Awareness' at Wisdom Park International School, Chengallikuppam Ambur.