Overview of Food and Nutrition Department

The Department of Food and Nutrition was established in Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Degree College Mahabubabad in the year 2021. Good Food with nutrients are vital to good health and well being and reduce the risk of disease. Healthy eating means choosing the right food and knowing how much to have.

It is an innovative interdisciplinary course which combines components from diet therapy and counselling, Nutritional Biochemistry, Human Physiology, Food Preservation, Public Health, Community Nutrition, Epidemiology, Health and Nutrition Education.

This Course is about the science behind the nutrition which can improve the nutritional status of populations.The curriculum explores the role of therapeutic diets in the treatment of chronic illnesses and other nutritional disorders highlighting the principles of nutrition care procces as applicable in a primary care setting. There is an opportunity to learn key nutritional asessment techniques and intervention strategies that will assist students in providing comprehensive health care to the patients.