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BSc Home Science Diet Therapy Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the Semester 6 syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year timetables name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

Diet Therapy Syllabus.pdf
Major · Semester 6 · Third Year - Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics · 4 credits · 100 marks

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Syllabus for Diet Therapy

Major · Semester 6 · Third Year - Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics · 4 credits · 100 marks

Module I: Standardisation and Weight Management

  • 1 Standardization
  • i Weights and measures
  • ii Recipes from different food groups
  • Weight management
  • i Obesity and over weight
  • ii Underweight and PEM

Module II: Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Diseases

  • 1 Diabetes Mellitus
  • i Type I Diabetes Mellitus
  • ii Type II Diabetes Mellitus
  • iii Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
  • 2 Cardiovascular diseases
  • i Preventive diets
  • ii Metabolic syndrome
  • iii Myocardial Infarction
  • iv Cardiac Failure

Module III: Diseases of the Gastro Intestinal System and Liver

  • 1 Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • i GERD, oesophagitis
  • ii Acute and chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease (gastric and duodenal)
  • iii Diarrhoea, constipation, flatulence, Lactose intolerance
  • iv Gluten induced enteropathy
  • v Inflammatory bowel diseases
  • vi Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • 2 Diseases of the Liver
  • i Viral Hepatitis (brief), Alcoholic liver disease, Cirrhosis, Hepatic encephalopathy
  • ii Biliary System: Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis

Module IV: Diseases of the Biliary System and Pancreas; Renal Diseases

  • 1 Pancreatic diseases and Gall Bladder Diseases
  • i Pancreatic diseases: Pancreatitis (acute and chronic)
  • ii Biliary System: Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis
  • 2 Renal diseases
  • i Nephritis – acute and chronic
  • ii Nephrotic syndrome
  • iii Renal failure- Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, Renal Transplant
  • iv Nephrolithiasis

Reference Books

  • 1 Srilakshmi, B. (2007). Dietetics. India: New Age.
  • 2 Brown, J. E. (2019). Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. Cengage Learning.
  • 3 Clinical Nutrition Handbook. (2022). India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.
  • 4 Longvah, T., Anantan, I., Bhaskarachary, K., & Venkaiah, K. (2017). Indian Food Composition Tables. India: National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research.
  • 5 Nix, S. (2021). Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy. United States: Elsevier — Health Sciences Division.
  • 6 Nutrition in Critical Care. (2014). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
  • 7 Raymond, J. L., & Morrow, K. (2022). Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process (16th ed., e-book). United States: Elsevier.
  • 8 Raymond, J. L. (2020). Krause and Mahan's Food and the Nutrition Care Process (15th ed.). United States: Elsevier — Health Sciences Division.
  • 9 Sizer, F., & Whitney, E. (2020). Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies. Cengage Learning.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Home Science) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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