Nutrition & Dietetics

Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics:

“Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics” is concerned with therapeutic uses for nutrition in medical settings as part of a complete health care programme. It deals with the prevention, diagnosis and management of nutritional and metabolic changes related to acute and chronic diseases.

Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care. Clinical in this sense refers to the management of patients, including not only outpatients at clinics and in private practice, but also inpatients in hospitals. It incorporates primarily the scientific fields of nutrition and dietetics. Furthermore, clinical nutrition aims to maintain a healthy energy balance, while also providing sufficient amounts of nutrients such as protein, vitamins, and minerals to patients.