2021 Diet and Nutrition Care Manual – Comprehensive Nutrition Care Guide

Chapters include:

1. Regular Diet and Alterations: liberalized/individualized diet for older adults, high calorie/high protein, food intolerance/allergy, low lactose, vegetarian, finger foods, gluten free diet, kosher diet, full liquid diet, and clear liquid diet.
2. Dysphagia: International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI), IDDSI Level 6: Soft and Bite-Sized, Level 5: Minced and Moist, Level 4: Pureed/Extremely Thick, Level 3: Liquidised/Moderately Thick, Level 2: Mildly Thick, Level 1: Slightly Thick.
3. Weight Management: practice guidelines, strategies, recommended diet patterns, concerns in older adults, bariatric surgery/diets, medications, calorie restricted, calorie specific diets.
4. Cardiovascular Health: practice guidelines, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, lifestyle recommendations, healthy eating patterns including DASH, Mediterranean, therapeutic lifestyle changes, 2 gram and 1500 mg sodium diets
5. Diabetes: preventing complications, goals of MNT, menu planning, physical activity, approaches for older adults, hypo/hyperglycemia, medical management, medications/insulins, carbohydrate counting, consistent carbohydrate diet and consistency-altered versions, clear liquid for diabetes, food choice values, and meal replacements.
6. Gastrointestinal Conditions: the gut microbiome, GI symptoms/conditions, constipation, diarrhea, cramps, heartburn, bloating, nausea, vomiting, low FODMAPS, high fiber, low fiber diets.
7. Kidney Disease: 5 stages of CKD, KDOQI 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline, MNT for kidney disease, nutrition and fluid restriction guidelines, lowering potassium, potassium levels in foods, hyper-phosphatemia, high phosphorous foods, menu planning tips, diets and nutrition information for each stage of CKD including dialysis diets, liberalized renal diet, and liberalized renal diet for diabetes.
8. Specific Diseases: Alzheimer’s/dementia, hepatic disease, HIV/AIDS, osteoporosis, PKU, pulmonary disease.
9. Specific Conditions: anemia, dehydration, failure to thrive, gout, malnutrition, palliative care, pressure injuries, sarcopenia, unintended weight loss.
10. Nutrition Support: guidelines for enteral feeding, documentation, medication administration, calculating adequate flushes, selecting enteral formulas, disease specific formulas, determining feeding schedules, calculating volume and administration of feeding, refeeding syndrome, transitioning to oral foods, complications, end of life nutrition, discontinuing enteral feeding; parenteral nutrition, indications, potential complications, comprehensive nutrition assessment, nutrient requirements, macronutrients, vitamin/trace element requirements, electrolyte guidelines, delivery of PN, documentation/monitoring for PN, discontinuing PN, calculation charts.
11. Pregnancy and Lactation: nutrient needs, prenatal vitamin/mineral supplements, key nutrients needed, herbal and botanical supplements, fortified foods, multiple gestations, pre-gravid obesity, GI issues, weight gain guidelines, environmental/dietary issues, losing weight after delivery, lactation, medical conditions/allergies, gestational diabetes, hypertension, best sources of vitamins/minerals, vegetarian nutrition, food safety during pregnancy/lactation.
12. Pediatric Nutrition: breastfeeding, formula feeding, solid foods, foods to avoid in first few months, normal growth in the first year, feeding guide, children/adolescents estimated calorie needs by age, nutrition for toddlers, preschoolers, school aged children and adolescents, food allergies, vegetarian diets, disordered eating, obesity, BMI, health risks of obesity, diabetes, physical activity.
13. Appendix: dietary patterns for good health including the Mediterranean, Vegetarian, and DASH Eating Plans, spices for health and enjoyment, healthy spice chart, food sources of potassium, calcium, vitamin D, fiber, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid, and B12; herbs/supplements, physical activity, nutrition screening and assessment, EAT-10, nutrition care process, nutrition focused physical exam, obtaining accurate heights/weights, adjusting weights for amputees, unintended weight loss, BMI, nutrient needs calculations, equations for calories/protein/fluids, nutritional needs during stress, sample nutrition intervention program, commercial products available to provide supplemental nutrition.

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