Nutrition

The Department of Nutrition is a specialized department focusing on nutritional assessment, nutrition therapy, and health promotion.

The department operates a nutrition outpatient clinic and a weight management outpatient clinic, and participates, among others, in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) outpatient clinic for perinatal nutrition and the multidisciplinary team (MDT) outpatient clinic for weight loss; its annual outpatient volume is nearly 10,000 visits.

At the same time, it provides inpatients with services including nutritional risk screening and assessment, nutrition consultations, dietary and nutritional management, and dietary therapy for specific diseases; it serves more than 200,000 inpatient encounters annually.

With clinical nutrition as its core, the department combines the theories of modern medicine and nutrition science and is committed to providing patients with personalized nutritional support and nutrition and health guidance. Its particular areas of expertise include medical nutrition assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for women of childbearing age, as well as weight management for the entire population.

Scope of diagnosis and treatment of the Department of Nutrition:

Preconception period:

Preconception nutrition; pre-pregnancy dietary guidance for people at risk of diabetes, those with anemia, and others

Preconception weight management (weight gain for underweight individuals, muscle gain and fat loss, weight loss for overweight or obese individuals), among other services; health management supports preparation for pregnancy

Pregnancy:

Balanced nutrition during pregnancy: scientifically guided nutrient supplementation

Pregnancy weight management: appropriate weight gain reduces the risk of macrosomia; when the fetus is too large or too small, weight management helps facilitate vaginal delivery

Special populations during pregnancy: underweight pregnant women, pregnant women with morning sickness, and pregnant women carrying twins or higher-order multiples

Pregnancy-associated comorbidities: dietary supportive treatment for hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, etc.