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Nutritional Epidemiology: A Way Towards a Healthy Life

Prof. Dhananjay D Mankar · Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

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About

This course introduces principles, methods, and applications of nutritional epidemiology — the study of dietary exposures and nutritional status in populations and their relation to health and disease. It equips students from public health, nutrition, medicine, life sciences and allied fields with conceptual knowledge of study designs, dietary assessment, measurement error, data analysis approaches, interpretation of results, and policy application

Intended audience: Undergraduate and Postgraduate students

Prerequisites: This course is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from any discipline, especially those in life sciences, health, or wellness fields. While no prior course is mandatory, a basic understanding of human biology or nutrition will be helpful

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  2. Lecture 2: Measurement of Diet and Nutritional Exposure YouTube
  3. Lecture 3: Conceptual Frameworks in Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  4. Lecture 4: Nutrition and Population Health YouTube
  5. Lecture 5: Burden of Malnutrition and Public Health Priorities YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 6: Nutrients Vs Foods Vs Dietary Patterns YouTube
  2. Lecture 7: Basic Nutrition Science Refresher YouTube
  3. Lecture 8: Ethics And Equity in Nutrition Research YouTube
  4. Lecture 9: Cultural Context in Nutrition Research YouTube
  5. Lecture 10: Module Summary & Key Readings YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11: Overview of Epidemiologic Study Designs in Nutrition YouTube
  2. Lecture 12: Descriptive Epidemiology & Data Sources YouTube
  3. Lecture 13: Prospective cohort studies in nutrition YouTube
  4. Lecture 14: Case–Control Studies and Dietary Recall Challenges YouTube
  5. Lecture 15: Randomized Controlled Trials YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16: Community Trials and Public Health Interventions YouTube
  2. Lecture 17: Causality in Study Designs YouTube
  3. Lecture 18: Outcome Assessment in Nutrition Studies YouTube
  4. Lecture 19: Biomarkers in Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  5. Lecture 20: Measures of Association and Effect YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21: Biases in Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  2. Lecture 22: Confounding and Causal Inference YouTube
  3. Lecture 23: Effect Modification, Interaction, and Mediation in Diet Studies YouTube
  4. Lecture 24: Module Integration: Choosing A Design for A Research Question YouTube
  5. Lecture 25: Introduction to Dietary Assessment in Epidemiology YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 26: 24-Hour Dietary Recall YouTube
  2. Lecture 27: Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ) YouTube
  3. Lecture 28: Food Records, Diet Diaries and the Duplicate‑portion method YouTube
  4. Lecture 29: Biomarkers in Dietary Assessment YouTube
  5. Lecture 30: Nutritional Status Assessment – Overview YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31: Anthropometric Measurements YouTube
  2. Lecture 32: Biochemical and Clinical Assessment YouTube
  3. Lecture 33: Dietary Data Processing and Nutrient Analysis YouTube
  4. Lecture 34: Measurement Error in Dietary Assessment YouTube
  5. Lecture 35: Validation, Calibration & Adjustment Methods YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36: Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: Epidemiological Evidence and Public Health Perspectives YouTube
  2. Lecture 37: Obesity Epidemiology and Nutrition Transition YouTube
  3. Lecture 38: Energy Balance, Food Environments, and Weight Regulation YouTube
  4. Lecture 39: Diet and Type 2 Diabetes: Epidemiological Evidence and Prevention Strategies YouTube
  5. Lecture 40: Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) YouTube

Week 9

  1. Lecture 41:Diet and Cancer: Challenges and Evidence in Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  2. Lecture 42:Maternal Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcomes: An Epidemiological Perspective YouTube
  3. Lecture 43: Infant and Young Child Nutrition YouTube
  4. Lecture 44: Dietary Patterns in Nutritional Epidemiology: Concepts and Approaches YouTube
  5. Lecture 45:Advanced Statistical Protocols in Data-Driven Dietary Analysis YouTube

Week 10

  1. Lecture 46: Diet Quality Indices and Their Applications in Population Health Research YouTube
  2. Lecture 47: Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, and Diet–Microbiome Interactions YouTube
  3. Lecture 48: Evidence Synthesis in Nutritional Epidemiology: From Research to Recommendations YouTube
  4. Lecture 49: Epidemiological Grand Rounds: Dissecting Biological Confounders YouTube
  5. Lecture 50: Public Health Battles: Translating Dietary Patterns into Global Policy YouTube

Week 11

  1. Lecture 51: Translating Nutritional Epidemiology into Public Policy YouTube
  2. Lecture 52: Evolution of Nutrition Policies and Programmes in India YouTube
  3. Lecture 53: Nutrition Policy Analysis, Monitoring, and Evaluation YouTube
  4. Lecture 54: Nutrition Surveillance Systems and Population-Based Nutrition Surveys YouTube
  5. Lecture 55: Food Fortification, Supplementation, and Public Health Nutrition Programmes YouTube

Week 12

  1. Lecture 56: Food Environment, Behaviour Change, and Implementation Science YouTube
  2. Lecture 57: Nutrition in Emergencies and Humanitarian Settings YouTube
  3. Lecture 58: Digital Nutrition Epidemiology and Precision Public Health YouTube
  4. Lecture 59: Emerging Frontiers in Nutritional Epidemiology YouTube
  5. Lecture 60: From Evidence to Action: Integrating Nutrition Science, Policy, and Practice YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Department
Multidisciplinary
Teacher
Prof. Dhananjay D Mankar
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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