Foods and Nutrition 3351A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Xerostomia, Veganism, Phenytoin
22 Jan 2020
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**poor appetite reported by patients as most common barrier: feelings: sadness, fear, upset, depression. Desire to eat, fear of choking. Low income + food cost on some modified diets: ability to get, prepare, store food. Mobility, mental health, low support: different foods/meals than pt is used to. Hospital food, modified diet: meal presentation & preparation. May be unfamiliar for pt: eating in a different place/environment with different people, at different times, personal likes & dislikes, acceptability of foods: religious, cultural, personal choices (e. g. vegan, keeping kosher, timing of meals vs assessment/tx schedule. Pt gone for radiotx when meals served: food intolerances & allergies. Pt may not communicate them; unnecessary avoidance: ability to select food from hospital menu. Pt cannot read or write: ability to self-feed, meds & meds side effects. Appetite, nausea, drowsiness, xerostomia: acceptance of & compliance to diet rx. Important component is the consideration of osmolality.
