Nutrition & Dietetics
Our Nutrition & Dietetics department offers personalized dietary guidance and nutrition plans to support optimal health and well-being through balanced and informed choices.
What Is Dietetics and Nutrition?
Dietetics and Nutrition comprise the study of food management and primarily includes advanced learning to improve the quality of life, health and well-being of individuals by promoting healthy food habits and diet behaviours, together with researching healthier dietary changes.
The different modes of nutrition include:
- Autotrophic nutrition
- Heterotrophic nutrition
Autotrophic Nutrition
Autotrophic nutrition is a process in which the organism produces their food from the simple inorganic materials such as water, carbon dioxide and mineral salts in the presence of sunlight. All the green plants have an autotrophic mode of nutrition.
Heterotrophic Nutrition
Heterotrophic nutrition is a type of nutrition in which organisms depend upon other organisms for food to survive. Heterotrophic organisms have to take in all the organic substances they need to survive. All animals, fungi, and non-photosynthesizing plants are heterotrophic.
