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American Dietetic Association

ADA publishes practice guidelines for nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 24th, 2009

The American Dietetic Association has published new evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines for registered dietitians on nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury.

The guidelines contain systematically developed recommendations to assist practitioners in appropriate nutrition care, with specific recommendations on:

Energy needs in the acute phase Nutrition assessment for prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity Nutrition assessment of lipid abnormalities Cranberry extract supplements Nutrition intervention to prevent development of pressure ulcers. ADA members, including an expert workgroup and trained analysts, extensively...

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