FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN NUTRITION

The book follows the syllabus of the paper “Fundamentals of Human Nutrition” as framed under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for the B.Sc. (Hons) Home Science programme. Its five units cover the Recommended Dietary Allowances together with carbohydrates and dietary fibre; proteins and lipids; energy and basal metabolism; the minerals; and the vitamins — preceded by an introductory chapter on the concepts of nutrition. Each chapter opens with learning objectives, develops the subject in depth with the support of tables and figures, closes with a summary, and offers multiple-choice questions with answers and short- and long-answer questions for revision and self-assessment. All nutrient requirements follow the latest ICMR–NIN Recommended Dietary Allowances (2020), and the biochemical accounts follow standard texts.