Information Package / Course Catalogue
Determination Methods of Nutritional Status
Course Code: BDB321
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To teach the nutritional status of patients and healthy individuals by using the methods used to determine nutritional status of the individual and the society and screening tests / tools of nutritional status.

Course Content

Community nutrition, community health dietitian and nutritional epidemiology, Methods of detection of nutritional status, Anthropometric measurements, Clinical manifestations, Biochemical and biophysical methods, Food consumption researches, Health statistics; age-specific mortality and morbidity rates, etc., Nutritional status screening tests / tools, Application of anthropometric measurements, Application, evaluation, reporting of individual nutritional consumption research

Name of Lecturer(s)
Res. Assist. Şenay ÇATAK
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to learn the concept of community nutrition and methods of determining nutritional status in patients and healthy individuals.
2.To be able to learn methods of community nutrition, nutritional epidemiology and determination of nutritional status.
3.To be able to gain the knowledge and skills that can be applied in determining the nutritional status of patients and healthy individuals.
4.To learn nutritional anthropometry, clinical indications, biophysical methods, biochemical and hematological methods.
5.To be able to learn health statistics, age-specific mortality and morbidity rates, nutrient consumption researches, determination of ecological factors.
6.Determination of nutritional status and determination of nutritional status of patients and healthy individuals
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Pekcan, G. Beslenme Durumunun Saptanması, Diyet El Kitabı, (Ed. A. Baysal ve ark.) 67-142, Hatiboğlu Yayınevi, Ankara, 2011.
2.Margetts BM, Nelson M (1997). Design Concepts in Nutritional Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2nd Ed.
3.Gibson RS (2005). Principles of Nutritional Assessment. Oxford University Press, Newyork, 2nd Ed.
4.Willett W (1998). Nutritional Epidemiology. Oxford University Press. NewYork, 2nd Ed.
5.Jelliffe DB, Jelliffe EFP. Community Nutritional Assessment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989.
6.Lee RD, Nieman DC (2007). Nutritional Assessment. McGrawHill, Boston, 4th Ed
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Community nutrition and nutritional epidemiology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Community nutrition and nutritional epidemiology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Methods of determining nutritional status
Week 4 - Theoretical
Methods of determining nutritional status
Week 5 - Theoretical
Nutrition anthropometry
Week 6 - Theoretical
Nutrition anthropometry
Week 7 - Theoretical
Nutrition anthropometry (Quiz)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Clinical manifestations, Biomarkers: Biochemical and hematological methods
Week 9 - Theoretical
Clinical manifestations, Biomarkers: Biochemical and hematological methods
Week 10 - Theoretical
Health statistics; age-specific mortality and morbidity rates
Week 11 - Theoretical
Health statistics; age-specific mortality and morbidity rates
Week 12 - Theoretical
Food consumption researches, Ecological factors
Week 13 - Theoretical
Food consumption researches, Ecological factors
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Repetation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130226
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)48
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026