MFN-5 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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Master of Science in Dietetics and Food Service
Management M.Sc. (DFSM)

ASSIGNMENT 2
(TMA-2)
Clinical and Therapeutic Nutrition
Course Code: MFN-005
Assignment Code: MFN-005/AST2/TMA-2/2025-26

This assignment is based on Units 1 -18 of the course MFN-005. Section A – Descriptive Questions There are eight questions in this part. Answer all questions.

1. a) Draw a figure, representing the nutrition care process and its various components.
2. b) Briefly discuss the role of counselling in patient care. Highlight any one strategy you will adopt for counselling.
3. c) Calculate the basal energy expenditure of a male patient admitted to a hospital whose weight is 70 kg, height is 170 cm and age is 50 years.
4. a) Explain the purpose of therapeutic dietary adaptations. Name any four adaptations of the normal diet to suit therapeutic needs.
5. b) Enumerate the common diets that are prescribed in hospital situations, giving examples
6. c) List the salient features of the diet given to a tuberculosis patient?
7. a) What are the special feeding methods in nutrition support? Enlist their advantages

. b) What is the body’s physiological response to injury? List the metabolic aberrations during and after a trauma.

1. c) List the four general principles of allergy management.

4.a) What guidelines would you recommend for cancer prevention ?

1. b) List any four altered biochemical parameters commonly seen in obesity.
2. c) Enumerate any three common eating disorders found in adults
3. Write a short note on the medical nutrition therapy for:
4. a) Celiac disease b) Inflammatory Bowel Disease
5. a) Give the classification and etiology of Diabetes Mellitus.
6. b) Mention any three inborn errors of protein metabolism. Give the nutrition medical therapy for any one disorder.

7.a) What is dyslipidemia? Discuss the goals of dietary management and the dietary modifications you will recommend for dyslipidemia.

1. b) Briefly discuss the dietary recommendations for liver cirrhosis ?
2. a) What amount of protein and sodium intake is recommended for chronic renal failure patient? Justify.
3. b) What is a ketogenic diet? Discuss its relevance in context of management of epilepsy.

Section B – OTQ (Objective Type Questions)

1. Define the following in 2-3 sentences each:
2. i) Android Obesity ii) Cachexia iii) Jejunostomy iv)Homeostasis v)Diverticulosis vi) Dysgeusia vii)Carcinogen viii) Hirsutism ix) Glycemic Index x) MNA

2.Give examples for each of the following: i) Food sources rich in branched chain amino acids  ii) Water soluble fibre  iii) Areas of specialization for dietitians iv) Antioxidants in Cancer prevention v) Inborn error of Carbohydrate metabolism vi) Effect of drugs on nutritional status  vii) Dietary source of Oxalate viii)MCT rich food ix) Non-Nutritive Sweetners x)Purine rich food