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Nutrition and Dietetics
Paediatric Services
Specialist Paediatric Dietitians provide nutrition counselling and advice in a variety of areas such as:
- General nutrition for normal growth and development
- Growth faltering and poor weight gain
- Weight management strategies
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Allergies and food intolerances
- Eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa and bulimia
- Gut disturbances such as constipation, diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome
- Management of paediatric diabetes
- Vegetarian eating patterns
- Fussy eaters, food refusal and temperamental food challenges
- Infant feeding difficulties and special infant feeding needs including formula adjustment
- Dietary management of behaviour issues such as ADHD, Autism, and oppositional behaviour
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Women's Health Services
Dietitians with an interest in women's health provide specific nutrition assessment, education and support to women during all stages of pregnancy and lactation including the following.
Dietary advice for the pre conception stage
- Nutrition assessments to ensure a balanced diet
- Achieving healthy weight and nutritional adequacy prior to conception
- Other medical conditions — type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, coeliac disease and other gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
Nutritional advice during pregnancy
- Concerns with poor or excessive weight gain
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Other medical conditions such as diabetes in pregnancy or gestational diabetes
- Vegan or vegetarian dietary patterns
- Nutritional deficiencies
Postnatal nutrition care
- Nutrition for breastfeeding mothers
- Infant nutrition and introducing solids
- Advice for appropriate weight management and getting back into shape after pregnancy
Dietitians also provide nutritional advice and information for other conditions affecting women such as iron deficiency, vegetarian and vegan diets and osteoporosis management.
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Gastric Banding
Dietitians can provide expert advice and couselling for patients who are considering or have undergone gastric banding surgery. Qualified and expereineced Dietitians can advise you on your dietary needs throughout this process, prebanding, postbanding diet progression and help you achieve your longer term weight loss goals.
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Weight Management
Dietitiand with a special interest in weight management can help you achuieve sustainable weight loss and reduce your risk of disease. With individualised nutrition advice, support and an aspect of behavioural change, we can heklp you achieve your weight loss goals. Often, getting started is the biggest step. Deititians are trained to guide you step by step to a healthier you.
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Nutrition during Cancer Treatments
Dietitians with experience in nutritional issues encountered during cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy provide specific nutritional advice and counselling for:
- Unintentional weight loss
- Poor appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Dietary modification for mucositis, taste changes and difficulty eating
- Nutritional deficiencies
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Nutrition pre and post Gastrointestinal Surgery
Dietitians with experience in nutrition pre and post surgery provide advice including:
- Assistance with dramatic weight loss as a result of poor appetite or condition
- Ensuring balanced diet to meet increased requirements post surgery
- Managing restrictive diets depending on surgical procedure or condition
- Specialised diets post gastrectomies and oesophagectomies
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Other Services
Dietitians can provide expert advice and counselling for:
- Gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and coeliac disease
- Management of food allergies and intolerances
- Nutritional management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- Dietary management of heart disease and high cholesterol
- GP enhanced primary care (EPC) referrals accepeted.
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