Clinical Nutrition Notes

Dr. Heather Keller, PhD RD has been an instrumental part of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force. In this episode, she discusses the work of the Task Force on the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in Canada and shares key initiatives and future directions.

Claire Kariya, RD shares her experience with helping patients and caregivers use real food as part of their enteral nutrition care plan. She speaks about the importance of offering choice to families, providing the right resources to help make it successful, and tips for using both homemade and commercially available real-food tube feeding formulas.

Dr. Emmanuel, MD reviews several common G.I. conditions that gastroenterologists and dietitians encounter in daily practice. The nutrition implications of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, fecal incontinence and gastroparesis are explored in this episode.

Dr. Emmanuel, MD talks about enteral nutrition intolerance in a two-part series. In this second episode, enteral intolerance management strategies are discussed.

Dr. Emmanuel, MD talks about enteral nutrition intolerance in a two-part series. In this first episode, enteral intolerance is defined, and the assessment of gastrointestinal symptoms are explored.