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Nutrition Clinic
Nutrition (also called nourishment)
is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the
form of food) to support and continue life. Many common health problems can be
prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet. DESUN Hospital specialises in
Nutrition related problems and treatments of both adults and children.
The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely determined by the perceived palatability of foods. Dieticians at DESUN are health professionals who specialize in human nutrition, meal planning, and preparation. Clinical nutritionists are also involved in the nutrition program at DESUN focus more specifically on the role of nutrition in chronic disease, including possible prevention or remediation by addressing nutritional deficiencies before resorting to drugs.
A poor diet can have an injurious impact on health, causing deficiency diseases such as scurvy, beriberi, and kwashiorkor; health-threatening conditions like obesity and metabolic syndrome, and such common chronic systemic diseases as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Malnutrition refers to insufficient, excessive, or imbalanced consumption of nutrients by an organism. In developed countries like India the diseases of malnutrition are most often associated with nutritional imbalances or excessive consumption.
Although there are more humans in the world who are malnourished due to insufficient consumption, increasingly more people are suffering from excessive over-nutrition; a problem caused by an over abundance of sustenance coupled with the instinctual desire (by animals in particular) to consume all that it can.
Insufficient Nutrition Under consumption generally refers to the long-term consumption of insufficient sustenance in relation to the energy that a person expends or expels, leading to poor health.