Treatment diets in Estonian health care institutions

Liidia Kiisk, Helje Kaarma, Mai Ots¹

Center of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anatomy, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia

Key words: organization of dietary nutrition; nomenclature of diets; nutritional recommendations; energy and nutrients intake.

Summary. New system and nomenclature of diets for Estonian health care institutions have been developed in the university hospital based on theoretical and practical experience obtained over several years of cooperation with medical scientists from different fields of specialization. The nomenclature of diets includes ordinary food and eight groups of diet food with subgroups. The normative values of the basic nutrients are in accordance with the Estonian and Nordic nutritional recommendations. The whole system includes the menus and recipes of nutritional food portions. The system of treatment diets helps to optimize proper nutrition in different departments and organize better patient care.

Correspondence to L. Kiisk, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tartu, Puusepa 8, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

E- mail: Liidia.Kiisk@kliinikum.ee

Received 14 December 2006, accepted 22 January 2008