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Diploma in Clinical Nutrition 

The clinical nutrition diploma is available in both English and Arabic.

Diploma in clinical nutrition is designed for physicians, pharmacists, and dietitians who wish to have a solid foundation, broad knowledge base, and skills in nutritional sciences and nutritional education. Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to design an effective, evidence-based dietary care plan for patients and apply the principles of nutrition and dietetics in maintaining health and preventing disease in groups and individuals.

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Course Structure

Diploma in clinical nutrition consists of multiple topics:

  • Food constituent and basics of therapeutic feeding

  • Carbohydrate, fat, proteins, and energy requirements for patients

  • Nutrition assessment and dietary planning

  • Avoid food-drug interaction -Medical test annotations

  • Policies and planning of hospital feeding meals

  • Enteral feeding & Parenteral feeding

  • Nutrition of ICU and supporting surgical patients

  • DASH eating plan and medical nutrition therapy for coronary heart disease

  • Current trends in diabetes medical nutrition therapy

  • Clinical nutrition of oncology patients

  • Nutrition of immunity infection disease and COVID-19 patients

  • Pediatric and neonatal nutrition

  • Nutritional management of overweight and obese patients

  • Nutrition therapy of gastrointestinal and liver disease patients

  • Management of nutritional anaemia & Medical nutrition therapy for gout

  • Bone health and arthritis nutrition

  • Nutrition and functional foods for healthy aging

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