Food, Nutrition and Health detailed syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ECE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Communication Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ECE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to ECE Open Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of food, nutrition and health is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FOOD AND MICROBIOLOGY OF HEALTH: 9 Food resources (plant, animal, microbes); Overview of current production systems; constraints and necessity of novel strategies. Functional and Super Foods – role in optimal nutrition. Sugar, protein and fat substitutes. Food and behaviour- physiological disturbances in alcoholism, drug abuse and smoking. Food Related Laws: Inspection – Microbial Indicators of product quality – Indicators of food safety – 229 Microbiological safety of foods – control strategies – Hazard Analysis Critical Point System (HACCP concept)- Microbiological criteria.
Unit II
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Unit III
NANO FOOD TECHNOLOGY: 9 Nano materials as food components, food packaging and nano materials, policies on usage of nanomaterials in foods. Food product development: steps involved in food product development, shelf-life assessment.
Unit IV
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Unit V
CONSUMERS ON GM FOODS AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: 9 Global perspective of consumers on GM foods; Major concerns of transgenic, foods GM ingredients in food products. (labeling, bioavailability, safety aspects); regulatory agencies involved in GM foods, Case studies- GM foods.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Understanding Nutrition. 2010. Ellie Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes, 11e. Thompson Wadsworth. 2.
- Nutritional Sciences- From Fundamentals to Food.2013. Michelle McGuire, Kathy A. Beerman, 2 nd e. Thompson Wadsworth.
- Yasmine Motarjemi, Huub Lelieveld, Food Safety Management – A Practical Guide for the Food Industry (2014), 1st Edition, Academic Press, London, UK
Course Outcomes:
- To be able to understand the nutritional values of the various types of foods
- To be able to Analyze the role of food in the metabolic activity of the healthy diet
- To be able to Infer the BMI calculation and stress related diseases.
- To be able to Elaborate the independent decision on the choice of food to prevent life style disorders and diseases
- To be able to Assess about the food laws governance
- To be able to Compare junk, modified and super foods
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Electronics & Communication Engineering 6th Sem, visit ECE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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