Outpatients: nutrition assessment is conducted to understand patients' dietary needs. A tailor-made nutritional care plan and dietetic counseling will be available to the patients and their families.
	Inpatients: nutrition assessment and dietetic counseling with patients is conducted at ward. Dietitian will design a nutritional care plan and arrange hospital therapeutic meal service to meet their individual needs.

In-house Health Talks
Health seminars are held on a regular basis.

Dietary Management
Diseases with dietary management include:

	Diabetes		Glucose intolerance		Gestational diabetes
	Cancer		Hypertension		Hypercholesterolemia
	Gout		Kidney disease		Overweight / Obesity
	Tube feeding		Eating disorder		Underweight
	Liver disease		Osteoporosis		Malnutrition

A balanced diet and exercises can maintain a healthy body against diseases.

Grains and cereals: Eat most
Choose more: low fat and whole meal grains and cereals such as noodles with soup, red rice, brown rice, oatmeal, whole meal bread and biscuits.
Vegetables and Fruits: Eat More
Choose more: dark and yellowish orange fresh vegetables, fresh fruit and fresh fruit juice.
Dairy, Meat and Beans: Eat Moderately
Choose more: Lean and skinned meat, fish, dry beans, bean products, low-fat / skimmed milk, low fat cheese and high calcium soy milk.
Fats, Oils, Salt and Sweets: Eat Less
Choose more: food low in fat, salt and sugar.

	Referral by doctors either by phone or letter is required
	By appointment only

For enquiries and appointments, please contact us at:
Dietetics Department

Address	:	LG1/F, Block D, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
Telephone	:	2339 8900
Fax	:	2339 8938