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The Department of Nutrition provides comprehensive and personalized nutrition consultation services for both inpatients and outpatients. Our clinical dietitians have extensive experience and a broad knowledge base, providing high-quality nutritional services, to taking care of your health, and supporting you in establishing and reaching your personal nutritional goals.
Inpatient Services
Good nutrition is essential for recovering from surgery or illness. The Department of Nutrition provides nutrition assessments, advice, and education to patients and their families both while patients are hospitalized and upon discharge. Our clinical dietitians work with the patient’s multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive nutritional advice and education regarding dietary modifications prescribed by patients’ physicians.
In line with the World Health Organization’s Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) guidelines, our dietitians work closely with the nutrition kitchen team members to design and create tasty, healthy, and environmentally friendly recipes and menus, ensuring the best nutritional support for all patients.
Outpatient Services
Our clinical dietitians aim to raise awareness among the general public regarding healthy eating habits. Our aim is to assist a diverse range of people with managing specific dietary needs, including people of different age groups, people with diabetes or cancer, people struggling with being overweight or obese, children, pregnant women, etc.
We also provide one-on-one nutrition counseling and education focused on leading a healthy lifestyle. This is offered through group classes that are now available at Jiahui International Hospital and Jiahui Health Clinics.
Nutritional topics include:
• Women's nutrition
• Pregnancy and lactation nutrition
• Children's nutrition
• Sustainable weight loss plans
• Nutrition for cancer
• Nutrition for chronic diseasesOur clinical dietitians provide in-depth nutrition assessment and counseling to help with the following conditions:
• Vascular disease: Hypertension, hyperlipidemia
• Diabetes mellitus: Type I, type II, gestational period
• Gastrointestinal conditions: IBS, Crohn’s Disease, constipation,
• Pregnancy, pre- and post-natal nutrition
• Eating disorder/anorexia
• Food allergy, intolerance and sensitivity
• Weight management
• General wellness
We provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in Jiahui International Hospital, Jiahui Clinic (Jing ‘an) and Jiahui Clinic (Yangpu):
Our dietitians will consult with your physicians to know your condition better before your very first visit to our dietitians. Our dietitians will
• Collate your diet-related information
• Assess your daily nutrient intake
• Identify the nutrition problems
• Set personal nutrition goals
• Offer appropriate nutrition intervention plan and diet education
• Monitor diet progress and relevant nutrition indicators
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DoctorsHelen TAO, RD
Read MoreDepartment:Nutrition counselingBariatric ClinicIntegrated Pediatric Weight Management ClinicLocation:Jiahui International Hospital (Shanghai)Languages:普通话, EnglishDoctor's bioHelen TAO is a Clinical Dietitian at Jiahui International Hospital, holding a Master’s degree in Public Administration and over 20 years of clinical experience. She holds the Intermediate Title of Clinical Dietitian certified by the Ministry of Health and is a Registered Dietitian in China.
Currently, she serves as a Committee Member of the Nutrition and Food Safety Committee of the Chinese Association of Geriatric Research, a Board Member of the Capital Health and Nutrition Association, a Board Member and Deputy Secretary-General of the Nutrition Catering Professional Committee under the Capital Health and Nutrition Food Association, and a Standing Committee Member of the Catering Professional Committee of the China Geriatric Health Care Association.
TAO has been frequently invited as a guest lecturer on programs such as *CNR Nutrition Class* from China Media Group, *Health Hall* on Beijing TV, and *Chinese Famous Doctors*.
She specializes in providing professional clinical nutrition support for chronic diseases, oncology, weight management, prenatal and pregnancy nutrition, as well as enteral and parenteral nutrition.
