title: Hepatitis C: nutrition care Canadian guidelines for health care providers.
abstract: Nutrition plays a critical role in the management of hepatitis C. Dietitians of Canada has developed comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines to familiarize health care providers with effective nutrition care for the growing number of Canadians infected with the hepatitis C virus. The complete guidelines and two supporting educational fact sheets are available for downloading from http://www.dietitians.ca/resources/HepatitisC_Guidelines.htm. The guidelines and fact sheets are available in both English and French. The guidelines contain the full text, practice essentials, references, and extensive appendices with practical tools to assist educators in promoting nutrition to persons infected with the hepatitis C virus. Reprinting or photocopying of the document is encouraged provided the source is acknowledged. In addition, an on-line education course is available for health care providers and is available on www.dieteticsatwork.ca. These guidelines are directed to all health care providers who are in a position to offer nutrition-related advice and guidance to persons infected with the hepatitis C virus, in all stages of the disease. A national advisory committee comprised of leading authorities in Canada steered the development of the guidelines. The guidelines are based on the best information available at the time of publication; where scientific evidence was not available, best-accepted practice is presented.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006282:Health Personnel; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status