Nutrition

The Department of Nutrition of Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) is an independent clinical department of SIMC. It is equipped with dedicated facilities, equipment, and premises, including a body composition analyzer, a handgrip dynamometer, and nutrition consultation rooms. It undertakes all outpatient and inpatient nutrition diagnosis and treatment services, as well as the preparation of hospital dietary menus, hospital foodservice management, and public science education and health-promotion outreach. The department director holds a Master of Public Health in Nutrition and Food Hygiene and is a chief physician and registered dietitian. With 30 years of experience in nutrition- and food-hygiene-related practice and research, the director has extensive professional theoretical knowledge and experience in nutritional diagnosis and treatment, and specializes in the nutritional prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, gout, and tumors, as well as nutrition-related disorders in pregnant and postpartum women; perioperative nutritional interventions; the design of enteral and parenteral nutrition support plans; and the formulation of various dietary menus and recipes. In clinical practice, the director has accumulated numerous cases of successfully implemented nutritional interventions, helping many patients improve their health.