Title: Unit 10 Lessons
Course: Human Nutrition and Dietetics > Section: UNIT 10: PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Clinical nutrition is essential for patients with disease, injuries and recovery. This unit focuses on the management of patients using diet.

You will learn about the managing of some clinical conditions like dehydration, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer, obesity by using nutrition.

LEARNING RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES

1.  Read the resources (articles and the publication) provided

- An introduction to diabetes
- Diabetes Basics
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (SlideShare)
- Nutrition and HIV
- Management of obesity (SlideShare)
- Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management
- Guidelines for the inpatient treatment of severely malnourished children

2.   Watch this video on Fluid therapy

Watch the video on Fluid therapy and read notes provided. You will also individually summarise the different concepts for fluid management cases in preparation for the online discussion forum.