Dietician consultation (without body composition analysis)

Dietician consultation (without body composition analysis)

A dietician is a specialist dealing with the effects of nutrition on the human body. A dietician is responsible, amongst others, for the nutrition of individuals, collective nutrition, nutritional education and health promotion.

During an appointment, a dietician assesses the patient’s diet and presents dietary recommendations taking into account the patient’s lifestyle, body requirements, age and general health.

Moreover, a dietician gives advice related to conversion to vegetarianism or veganism, as well as advice to patients suffering from such medical problems as:

• gout;
• coeliac disease;
• gastroesophageal reflux;
• thyroid diseases;
• high cholesterol levels;
• allergy;
• irritable bowel syndrome;
• diabetes, insulin resistance;
• autoimmune diseases;
• anaemia;
• overweight, obesity.

During an appointment, the dietician:

• takes the patient’s medical history;
• calculates the patient’s body mass index (BMI) and the waist–hip ratio (WHR);
• gives the patient advice on healthy eating.

Dietary consultation is conducted by a specialist with a master’s degree in dietetics (human nutrition.

Patients must arrive not later than 15 minutes before their scheduled appointment.

Services can be performed only in the medical centre indicated during the purchasing procedure.