Diet stands as a cornerstone in the realms of preventive and curative healthcare management. At the forefront of this nutritional commitment is the Department of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics at Believers Church Medical College Hospital. Here, a team of seasoned dieticians spearheads a mission to deliver comprehensive, top-notch, evidence-based nutrition and dietetics services catering to diverse patient populations, spanning from neonatal to geriatric.
Our approach is not just about providing dietary plans; it's about crafting personalized, guideline-based strategies that align with the unique health challenges and nutritional needs of each patient. Through meticulous assessment, we set precise goals for calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and other micronutrients. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment – nutrition support persists until the desired goals are triumphantly achieved.
Our intervention goes beyond conventional norms, encompassing nutrition prescription, therapeutic diets, and the invaluable aspect of nutrition education and counseling. It's not just about nourishing the body; it's about empowering individuals with the knowledge to make informed and healthier choices.
Key Highlights
- Individual nutrition counselling to both inpatients and outpatients.
- Individualized diet consultation for Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, renal diseases, liver diseases, upper and lower gastro intestinal diseases , cancer etc
- Diet counselling for Eating problems due to allergy and intolerances
- One on one nutrition counselling for weight management, personal diet and fitness programme
- Enteral Diet Planning and Family Education for Specific Patients
- Managing patient food service system to provide safe and nutritious food by designing and implementing nutrition policies
Nutrition Clinics
The Speciality Nutrition Clinics at the department Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics offer customised, guideline-based diet advice for patients, after conducting a detailed assessment of the patient’s current physical/ medical condition, nutritional requirements, expected recovery time and special diet patterns that need to be followed, with a holistic approach.
Lifestyle Nutrition Clinic
This specialized clinic is dedicated to curating personalized, healthy diet plans designed to prevent and manage lifestyle disorders. From cholesterol to hypertension, we focus on efficient control of salt, sugar, and fat intake. But it doesn't end there – our comprehensive approach includes exercise recommendations, especially for those living a sedentary lifestyle.
Nutrition and Wellness Clinic
At this clinic, our dedicated dieticians guide clients towards developing improved eating habits. Meal plans are not just about meeting nutritional requirements; they are crafted to exceed individual goals. Emphasizing optimal body weight and overall health, we prescribe a customized diet plan that aligns with the unique needs of each individual. Coupled with proper physical activity recommendations, we pave the way for sustained well-being.
Obesity Clinic
In an era where excess body weight poses significant health risks, our Obesity Clinic is a refuge for those seeking a transformative journey. The task at hand for our dietitians extends beyond providing information – it's about delivering specific, timely, and understandable guidance that seamlessly integrates into the patient's life. Our focus is not just on short-term results but on instilling a sustainable lifestyle for long-term well-being.
Diabetes Clinic
Our Diabetes Clinic is a collaborative effort between our Dieticians, Diabetologists, and Endocrinologists. We engage in a variety of nutrition approaches, from carbohydrate counting to simplified meal plans and healthy food choices. Our aim is not just to manage diabetes but to empower individuals with strategies that control and maintain blood sugar levels effectively.
Specialised Nutritional Support
Nutrition for Dialysis Patients
Our Dieticians provide specialised diet plans for kidney patients undergoing dialysis, created based on medical inputs from the consulting Nephrologist.
Oncology Nutrition
Our Dieticians offer customised diet plans to optimise the nutrition status of patients undergoing treatment for cancer/ chemotherapy. The diet plans also include strategies for minimising the after-effects of radiation on the body.
Paediatric Nutrition
our paediatric dietician evaluate the infant's nutritional needs and feeding skills individually with the goal of promoting optimal growth and development and work toward transition to oral feeds while adjusting the diet as appropriate and working on feeding skills. evidence based nutrition support to children undergoing treatment in the PICU including post-bone marrow transplant cases. They assess the child’s nutritional needs and nutritional interventions predominantly included breastmilk fortification, provision of therapeutic feeds orally or via nasogastric tubes, increased dietary protein intake for children identified to be at high risk, and nutritional counselling to caregivers.
- Nutrition counselling for low birth weight infants
- Medical nutrition therapy for genetic, metabolic disorders
- Medical nutrition therapy for epilepsy
- Nutrition support for differentially abled children
Critical Care Nutrition
Our Team provide specialised, optimal nutritional support to critically ill/injured patients including patients with life-threatening conditions including trauma, burns, severe infections, acute respiratory disorders and those recovering after major surgeries, including post-transplant cases. They assess and identify patients with greater nutritional risks and recommend a customised plan and mode to provide the required nutrition (oral/ tube/ intravenous), based on his or her current health
Perioperative Nutrition
Our Dieticians provide perioperative nutrition support for patients with malnutrition and those at nutritional risk. Initiate individual nutrition plan to to promote healing and recovery
Enteral Nutrition and Parenteral Nutrition
Dieticians determine the severity of malnutrition, determine protein and energy needs, enteral and parenteral nutrition indicated appropriately, assess the adequacy of access for nutrition therapy, initiate and manage enteral and parenteral nutrition
Therapeutic diet Services
Apart from taking care of the nutritional wellbeing of our patients, the department also offers expert advice to the Dietary wing of the hospital to ensure that the therapeutic diet served is of the highest quality standards.
