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Nutrition Therapy

Medical Definition: Improving health status of an individual by adjusting the quantities, qualities, and methods of nutrient intake.
Guide Notes: GEN only; prefer specifics
Also Called: Medical Nutrition Therapy
Previously Indexed: Nutrition (1974-2003)
Nutrition Therapy Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Diet Therapy - By adjusting the quantity and quality of food intake to improve health status of an individual. This term does not include the methods of food intake (NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Nutritional Support - The administration of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient by means other than normal eating. It does not include FLUID THERAPY which normalizes body fluids to restore WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.

Nutrition Therapy Medical Definitions and Terms

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