Explain the Nutritional Management of Eating Disorders?
Good nutritional management of patients with eating disorders requires attention to a number of areas. It is important to have a nutritional assessment of the patient through diet history, weight history, as well as, assessment of biochemical, metabolic and anthropometric measurements. A nutritional assessment form for eating disorders is included previous. Initial dietary assessment should be part of the overall assessment of patients with eating disorder. The initial assessment should cover only those aspects essential to immediate management decisions may include:
- Recent change in eating habit
- Rate of weight loss
- Binge eating episodes
- Vomiting and laxative misuse
- Gastrointestinal and bowel function
- Fluid intake
- Restrictions on the variety of acceptable foods