As we entered the 21st century, the importance of good nutrition has only magnified over the years, increasing everyone’s consciousness and awareness about the benefits of eating healthy. Determining the right nutritional choices for you can be made easier with a Registered Dietitian, offering you up-to-date nutrition information personalized for your body and health requirements. Our experts recommend individuals to follow a healthy diet, maintain an ideal body weight, and regular exercise to help prevent the onset or progression of disease. Dietitians are therefore experts in diet and nutrition. They give practical advice on how to make alterations to a diet to meet health needs, also known as diet counselling.
A dietitian or nutrition expert is a medical practitioner whose expertise lies in the human diet and in the regulation of nutrition. A dietitian may alter / devise a plan for their patients to help speed up the recovery process or cure a particular condition / abnormality that he / she might be suffering from. Dietitians are professionals who have the necessary expertise to diagnose, assess, and cure problems related to nutrition.
The Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics department at Aster Hospitals plays a key role in improving the nutritional health and well-being of patients to optimize their clinical management. A dietitian provides care when special dietary considerations are needed due to illness, injury or surgery. Diet is an important & integral part of curative & preventive healthcare management. The department is actively involved as an integral part of the patient care services of the hospital. Special therapeutic diets are planned according to the patient’s clinical conditions. We provide crucial support to all specialities by assessing, monitoring and optimizing the nutritional status of patients, including those who require enteral and parenteral feeding.
A certified dietician (or dietitian) is an expert in dietetics; that is, human nutrition and the regulation of diet. A dietitian alters their patient’s nutrition based on their medical condition and individual needs. Dietitians are regulated healthcare professionals licensed to assess, diagnose, and treat all kinds of nutritional problems.
