Gastrointestinal System - Diverticular Disease
Nutrition Care Process
Last Updated: 2022-04-10
Target Group: All Adults
Nutrition Intervention
Nutrition Prescription
Examples
Recommend:
- Modified Diet - Acute, Uncomplicated Diverticulitis:
- Regular diet (liberalized (i.e. solid food))
- Fibre level (high fibre intake as tolerated consistent with Dietary Reference Values, with or without fibre supplementation (up to 20 mg/day) after an acute episode has resolved.
Nutrition Education Example(s)
Nutrition Education - Content
- Purpose of the nutrition education
- Nutrition relationship to health/disease
- Recommended modifications (e.g. fibre intake)
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