Treatment Guidelines:
Collaborate with patient’s Primary Care Physician to obtain labs and assess for potential factors which could be affecting weight or behaviors around food
- Diabetes:
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- If patient is insulin-dependent, dietitian to collaborate with patient’s Primary Care Physician around this
- Assess labs specific to diabetic needs
- Review patient’s behaviors around food/insulin and blood sugar records if possible
- Educate patient on health complications of diabetic non-compliance if needed
- Provide nutritional and exercise recommendations with a focus on stabilization of blood sugar
- Assist patient in changing dietary and exercise habits to meet individual goals
- Metabolic syndrome:
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- Obtain and analyze labs specific to metabolic syndrome
- Assess whether or not he or she is at risk for gout
- If so: dietitian to provide medical nutrition therapy around gout management
- Monitor patient’s blood pressure to assess for hypertension
- Review current food intake and exercise patterns
- Provide patient nutritional and exercise recommendations with a focus on normalizing weight, vitals and labs over time
Weight monitoring determined on individual basis vitals and labs over time