Overview of Body Systems and Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions
Jill Braaten, RDN Learning Objectives and Key Points
• Summarize how basic concepts of nutrition deficiency and excess relate to the gastrointestinal tract, hepatic and renal systems, and conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and pressure injuries
• Explain overall utilization of medical nutrition therapy in these disease states in the setting of long-term care and acute care
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Nutrition Fundamentals and Medical Nutrition Therapy