Nutrition

The Nutrition Department was established in 1984 and is responsible for medical nutrition therapy, nutrition teaching ward rounds, scientific research, and other tasks. It mainly provides patient consultations, outpatient services, and nutrition education; develops nutrition diagnosis and treatment plans for patients; prescribes therapeutic diet menus; and guides nutrition chefs in preparing therapeutic diets. The Nutrition Department is a national “Clinical Nutrition Demonstration Unit”; the hosting institution for the “Pregnancy Nutrition Classroom” of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; the “Scientific Research and Training Center for Non-Drug Intervention Weight Management” of the China Health Promotion Fund; one of the first batch of pilot units for the “Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Nutrition Diet Therapy Departments” of the Nutrition Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine; and a first-batch practical training base for dietitians of the Beijing Dietitians Association. Currently, the department is headed by Professor Zhang Jiali. The department has 3 attending physicians, 1 resident physician, 5 technicians, and 1 assistant research fellow. Of these, 3 hold doctoral degrees, 2 hold master’s degrees, 3 hold bachelor’s degrees, and 2 hold associate degrees.

Outpatient and Ward Arrangements: The department operates a specialty nutrition clinic, a pregnancy nutrition clinic, a non-drug weight management clinic, parenteral and enteral nutrition consultation services, and other disease-specific outpatient clinics.

Introduction to Diagnostic and Treatment Equipment: Body composition analyzer, skinfold caliper, grip strength dynamometer, and others.

The Department’s Diagnostic and Treatment Specialties:

1. Specialty nutrition clinic: Medical nutrition therapy is provided for more than 90 diseases, including diabetes, gestational diabetes, obesity, kidney diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung transplantation, tumors, phenylketonuria, osteoporosis, malnutrition, and others. 2. Pregnancy nutrition: Nutritional guidance is provided for all stages, including preconception, pregnancy, and lactation, and various problems arising during pregnancy, such as diabetes, excessive weight gain or loss, and nutrient deficiencies, are diagnosed and treated. 3. Weight management: With the aid of multiple measurement methods (body composition monitoring, visceral fat assessment, height–weight curves, etc.), body types are assessed across the “whole population” (pregnant and postpartum women, infants and young children, school-age children, adults, older adults, etc.). Nutrition-related abnormal weight is managed through lifestyle interventions (nutrition + exercise + physical constitution conditioning), thereby enabling nutrition to contribute to disease prevention and treatment. 4. Tumor nutrition: Nutritional guidance is provided for tumor-related malnutrition, patients after tumor surgery, and patients receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 5. Perioperative nutrition: Perioperative nutrition counseling is provided for patients with gastrointestinal, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and other diseases who require surgical treatment. 6. Nutrition for subhealth states and special populations: Nutritional assessment and guidance are provided for people in subhealth states and for infants and young children, students, pregnant women, older adults, and others. 7. Enteral and parenteral nutrition: Guidance is provided on nutrition-support routes, selection of preparations, methods of administration, dosages, and related matters. 8. Hospital diets: Dietary plans are developed for inpatients, including basic diets, therapeutic diets, tube-feeding diets, and metabolic experimental diets. 9. The department organizes and participates in large-scale health education and consultation activities, free health clinics, and other activities.

Existing Disease-Specific Outpatient Clinics: At present, the disease-specific outpatient clinics are combined with the general outpatient clinic/international medical outpatient clinic.

The Department’s Scientific Research Achievements: The department undertakes and participates in research on multiple national-, ministerial-, and hospital-level nutrition-related projects, has published more than 50 papers in professional core journals, and has taken part in nearly 50 person-times of international and domestic academic exchanges.

The Department’s Teaching: The department undertakes clinical nutrition teaching for the Nursing Department of Capital Medical University and provides instruction for clinical interns, physicians receiving further training, and dietitians.

Honors Received by the Department: The department received the honorary title and plaque of the national “Clinical Nutrition Demonstration Unit.”

Other Important Matters: Department members undertook medical support and other work during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and in counterpart assistance activities.

Location within the Hospital: The department’s outpatient clinic is located on the west side of the third floor of the outpatient building, in Consultation Room 9 of the third passageway.

Department Telephone: 010-84205530, 010-84205582, 010-84205658