Frequently Asked Questions about Nutrition Clinics

1. Why don’t people go to outpatient clinics for nutritional counseling? For most people mainly do not think they have such a need, and do not know what kind of service the nutrition department can provide, and then there is the fear of spending money and too much trouble. 2, go to the clinic can get what kind of professional information? For some disease nutritional advice, for personal dietary behavior analysis and so on. 3, hospitals have any different general testing or diagnosis and treatment technology or instrument? In addition to height and weight, waist circumference, upper arm circumference measurement, the common measurement of subcutaneous fat skin fold thickness meter, body fat meter. Many hospitals also have body composition analyzers, and even metabolic carts to measure basal metabolism, etc. However, since there is often no responsive fee schedule in China, most of them are not carried out because it is not possible to recover the cost by doing it for free. Another aspect is the blood biochemical examination, hemoglobin, albumin, trace elements and so on. 4, how to judge the professional standard of nutritionist? The first thing to declare is that the complete nutritional intervention is not a one-time can be done, the first clinic as well as a number of follow-up are very necessary, in addition to like the first clinic if the dietary history with the survey at least 30 minutes or more time, and this means that according to the time of an afternoon clinic to see up to 6 patients, and in fact a little bit of popular nutritional outpatient clinic half a day outpatient volume are in more than 10, time is limited a lot of! The content had to make a long story short, a lot of processes had to be omitted, so it is difficult to rely on a limited outpatient clinic is difficult to determine the complete professional level of a dietitian. Specific patients can be judged from these perspectives: ①, dietary history inquiries are detailed, whether the occupation, lifestyle concerns ②, fill out the medical record is serious, dietary prescription is practical and detailed (including diagnosis, goals, precautions) ③, hear your personal information on whether the dietitian’s response to the organized ④, for the nutrition of non-disease or special physiological period of the case is to understand the situation, and can make a concise explanation ⑤, for the nutrition of the disease or special physiological period of understanding, can make a brief description of the nutritionist, and can make a brief explanation of the nutritionist. ⑤. Can you make a certain degree of prediction of the effect, and at the same time, be sincere, recognizing the limitations of nutrition and the need for active cooperation of the patient himself/herself. (6) Continuously study on your own, learn some information from the Internet, and communicate with the nutritionist in a targeted way. 5.How to understand your own physique and body, what basic and necessary tests need to be done in order to have more symptomatic nutrition, so as to change the physical condition? It is best to take the physical examination report and previous hospital discharge medical records, blood tests, biochemical test results and so on. At least height and weight (without shoes and clothing) have to be clear. 6 . Simply read the book or the popularization of information on the Internet and television will cause what kind of nutritional deficiencies or misunderstandings? I have been exposed to too much unreliable information, but also often on the Internet and television to do science publicity, but also in the scientific squirrels will send an article: “diet and health should listen to who? . I believe that if the audience has a critical spirit, constantly seeking evidence, able to distinguish between facts and opinions, and selective acceptance of information, then the saying “the best doctor is yourself” is not wrong. However, the fact is the opposite, the media in order to influence the natural choice of some eye-catching views, often resulting in the dissemination of information is not comprehensive, easy for the general public to listen to the wind is rain, but ignored the importance of a balanced diet and dietary structure. Specifically, many of the young women who come to the nutrition clinic on their own initiative are highly educated, and many of them have heard a lot of healthy dietary claims, and specific foods are particularly “healthy”, but they eat very little meat, and the types of food they eat are very homogeneous, and as a result, almost all of them suffer from the symptoms of anemia, and in turn, they are malnourished. Dietitians, on the other hand, can comprehensively, systematically and meticulously find out the problems in your diet and give you advice and long-term guidance.