Nutrition and Dietetics and
What does this specialty do?
The Nutrition Service of the Fundación Valle del Lili This service focuses on the nutritional assessment, monitoring, and support of individuals who have difficulty adequately meeting their nutritional requirements, whether due to illness, dietary imbalances, or special needs. Through personalized analyses, specialized diet quality software, and body composition measurement technologies such as bioelectrical impedance analysis, the service designs evidence-based dietary plans with a preventative and therapeutic approach throughout the lifespan.
Diseases it treats
- Growth retardation.
- Cancer.
- Thinness or low weight.
- Malnutrition.
- Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Chronic non-communicable diseases.
- Cystic fibrosis.
- Complementary feeding in the pediatric population.
Procedures and treatments
- Body composition assessment (fat mass, muscle mass and bone mass) with state-of-the-art analyzers.
- Diet quality analysis using specialized software.
- Nutritional education with food replicas, to teach appropriate portions according to individual needs.
- Preventive nutrition plans, integrated into medical check-up programs to promote healthy habits throughout life. Individualized nutritional counseling for cancer patients before, during, and after treatment, including:
- Specialized dietary support.
- Continuous monitoring of nutritional status.
- Nutritional education for the patient and their family.
Subspecialties
- clinical nutrition.
- Pediatric nutrition.
Exam preparation
Does not apply
Schedule an appointment
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Contact
Call us: (+57) 602 331 9090 ext. 7363, 7571