Practical management of diet and lifestyle interventions for people with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
Increased collaboration between the vascular specialities is clearly leading to increased understanding of the interrelationships between the different disease states and how each impacts and influences the other. This advantage will be reflected in improved patient care if the practical outputs of this growing knowledge are carefully implemented at service level. This article outlines how the aspects of diet and lifestyle associated with vascular-related disease complement, contrast and in some cases contradict each other. It gives information and guidelines as to how the expertise of dietitians working in the different specialist areas might usefully be shared to be of maximum advantage to all patients.
Symes
Fiona
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Clinical Lead Renal Dietitian, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom.
Sutton
Debbie
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000451:nursing; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D008019:Life Style; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012017:Referral and Consultation