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P D Hinduja Hospital celebrates nutrition week with conference
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
September 09 , 2016
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Globally, Nutrition Week is celebrated between September 1 and 7 every year, in an attempt to create and spread awareness, provide advice, educate specialists in the field and to improve the overall wellbeing of individuals.
In lieu of the above, P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, one of the leading multi-specialty tertiary care hospitals, celebrated Nutrition Week 2016 by holding a conference on its premises, which was attended by more than 100 dietitians from across the city.
Dr Y K Ambedkar, senior paediatrician and founder trustee, Heinz Nutrition, was the chief guest at the conference.
The conference focused on nutritional management for Celiac disease which refers to individuals who are gluten-sensitive.
Dr Devendra Desai, consultant, gastroenterology, P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre explained that, “Gluten is a protein that is found in barley, rye, wheat and sometimes oats.”
“If a person suffering from Celiac disease consumes foods that contains gluten, the body’s immune system will damage the inner lining of the intestinal tract, thereby affecting the body’s ability to absorb nutrients,” he said.
“At the hospital, we strive to impart the best knowledge to the imminent generations to ensure better patient care,” Dr Desai stated.
Further, the team of dietitians discussed two key topics - nutritional management in Celiac Diseases and ketogenic diet for epilepsy patients.
These topics were chosen for the fact that they are not discussed regularly and the knowledge on these subjects is limited amongst the dietitians.
They also spoke about some rare syndromes such as Guillan-Barre syndrome,
Steven-Johnson syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease, Subacute Intestinal Obstruction and Budd-Chiari syndrome and how they treated patients with the above syndromes.
The team also broke some myths on consumption of oats saying that what we consume are processed oats which may have gluten in them and the need of the hour is gluten-free oatmeal.
During the conference, the importance of checking nutrition labels, the ingredients and the amount present in the product was mentioned. Making a habit of reading nutrition labels will help patients take better care of their health and lives.
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