Clinical nutrition
Clinical Nutrition
Clinical Nutrition (pronounced: klin-i-kal noo-trish-uhn) is a field of medical science that studies the relationship between diet and health. It involves the application of nutritional science to treat and prevent diseases and maintain optimal health.
Etymology
The term 'Clinical Nutrition' is derived from the Greek word 'klinikos', meaning 'bed', and the Latin word 'nutritio', meaning 'nourishment'. It refers to the practice of nourishing patients in a clinical or hospital setting.
Related Terms
- Dietetics: The science of diet and its effects on health. It involves the study of food management and promotion of health through a balanced diet.
- Nutritional Therapy: A therapeutic approach to treating medical conditions and their associated symptoms via the use of a specifically tailored diet devised and monitored by a registered dietitian or professional nutritionist.
- Malnutrition: A condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.
- Nutrient: A substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.
- Dietary Supplement: A manufactured product intended to supplement the diet when taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid.
- Enteral Nutrition: A way to provide food through a tube placed in the nose, the stomach, or the small intestine.
- Parenteral Nutrition: The feeding of a person intravenously, bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion.
- Nutritional Assessment: An in-depth evaluation of both objective and subjective data related to an individual's food and nutrient intake, lifestyle, and medical history.
- Nutritional Status: The state of health of an individual as it relates to the intake and utilization of nutrients.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Clinical nutrition
- Wikipedia's article - Clinical nutrition
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