Section outline

  • This knowledge area will help students to acquire basic understanding of the effects of nutrition on the immune function, to understand the interactions of various nutrients on the immune response, to understand the effect of immune response on nutritional status, to understand the relationship between parasite infection and nutrition and the relationship between genetics and nutrition. This knowledge area also will help students to acquire basic understanding of how diet affects the dental health. In the management of gout and osteoporosis, students will learn different types of diet which can be used to reduce the risks of these diseases. The relationship between nutrition and HIV, list the effects of good nutrition on HIV will also be discussed.