Clinical Nutrition

Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology’s Department of Clinical Nutrition was established in 1993. Its predecessor was a nutrition canteen that provided meals exclusively for inpatients. After 30 years of development, it has now grown into a clinical nutrition treatment center integrating clinical care, research, enteral nutrition support, special therapeutic diet preparation, and other services. The department is affiliated with the clinical medical-technical departments and comprises three divisions: the Diagnosis and Treatment Division, the Enteral Nutrition Preparation Center, and the Special Therapeutic Diet Processing Center. The department has 15 nutrition physicians, nurses, and technicians, including nutrition physicians, nurses, nutrition technologists, dietitians, nutrition instructors, nutrition culinary technicians, and other professional and technical personnel, with a well-developed talent structure. The department is equipped with a Class 100,000 clean-level enteral nutrition preparation room, a nutrition metabolism examination room, a medical meal preparation area, a nutrition outpatient consultation room, and a multifunctional nutrition assessment room. In 2023, the department was approved as a “Standardized Training Base for Clinical Nutritionists.”

The nutrition professionals at Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology uphold the hospital motto, “Virtue and Learning, Excellence in Medicine for the Benefit of the World <https://ss.bjmu.edu.cn/Html/News/Articles/79.html>,” and have always been committed to building and advancing the clinical nutrition profession in China. All department staff consistently uphold the service philosophy and attitude toward life of “expertise, nutrition, comprehensiveness, safety, naturalness, health, and happiness.” Through continuous efforts, they are developing the Department of Clinical Nutrition into a nutrition department with distinctive stomatological characteristics, providing more comprehensive nutrition diagnosis and treatment services, enabling patients to enjoy a more comprehensive oral healthcare experience, and helping every patient to “eat more healthily” and “eat healthier.”

Professional Distinctives

The department’s development objective and distinctive feature is sustainable, standardized nutrition diagnosis and treatment throughout the entire process. It aims to provide patients with more comprehensive diagnosis and treatment services. Its main services include:

1. Nutritional screening and assessment for inpatients;

2. Perioperative nutritional support therapy (enteral nutrition, various therapeutic diets, and nutritional meals);

3. Nutrition consultation outpatient services, consultations, ward rounds, and patient education;

4. Nutritional follow-up;

5. Clinical nutrition-related research and public welfare activities.