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Nutrition Practice Resources

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Assessment

• Canadian Guidelines for Body Weight Classification in Adults
• Dietary Reference Intake Tables -- The Complete Set
• Nutrition Screening Tools (PDF) -- (note: this is a document I developed for a stroke pathway)

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Celiac Disease

• Canadian Celiac Association
• Canadian Celiac Association Guide for Health Professionals
  
• Coeliac UK
• Gluten-Free Diet (Shelly Case, Registered Dietitian's site)
• Home Blood Testing for Celiac Disease

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

• A.S.P.E.N. Enteral Nutrition Practice Guidelines 2009
• Canadian Diabetes Association 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
• ESPEN - The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism: Guidelines & Position Papers
• Critical Care Nutrition - Nutrition Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Dietary and Nutritional Supplements

• Office of Dietary Supplements

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Dysphagia

• Dysphagia (eMedicine review article)

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Ethics

• Long-Term Enteral Tube Feedings: Ethical Guidelines for Health Care Professionals (Word document) {Source}
• Patient and Family Guidelines - Making Decisions About Long-Term Tube Feeding (Word document) {Source}

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Food Allergies

• Dial-A-Dietitian - Allergies
• Vickerstaff Health Services -- FAQ & Facts Sheets

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Food Composition & Nutrient Databases

• Canadian Nutrient File
• International Food Composition (LanguaL)
• Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods (PDF)
• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

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Food Culture & History

• Asia Food Glossary (online resource of Asian food terms and recipes from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food)
• The Food Timeline

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Gastroenterology

• Nutritional Issues in Practical Gastroenterology (published in The Practical Gastroenterology Journal Edited by Carol Rees Parrish, RD, MS)

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Health Canada Pages

• Canada's Food Guide
• Dietary Reference Intakes
• Food Labelling
• Natural Health Products

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Healthy Eating

• Act Now BC
• Canadian Diabetes Association's Nutrition Resources
• Dial-A-Dietitian
• Dietitians of Canada (public site)
• Eat Right Ontario
• Healthy Eating at School
• Nutrition for Healthy Bones (for Adults)
• PEN Client Handout Collection (subscription required)

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Journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Nutrition in Clinical Practice

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Medical reference

• MD Consult
• My Connotea Library
• The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library

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Position Statements

• Community Food Security – Position of Dietitians of Canada
• Individual and Household Food Insecurity in Canada: Position of Dietitians of Canada
• Obesity & the Impact of Marketing on Children -- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC)
• Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Dietary Fatty Acids
• Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets (PDF)
• The role of the registered dietitian in primary health care: a national perspective

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Practice support & professional education

• Dietitians of Canada Members Only Site Map (membership required)
• Dietitians of Canada Practice Blog
• PEN (Practice-Based Evidence in Nutrition)  (subscription required)

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Research & Reviews

• Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates

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Stroke

• Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care: Summary (updated 2008) - PDF
• The Canadian Stroke Strategy
• Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation (selected resources listed below; many more on Web site):
  
  • Nutritional Interventions Following Stroke
  • Dysphagia & Aspiration Post-Stroke
  • Medical Complications Educational Supplement
  • Secondary Prevention of Stroke Educational Supplement

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Vegan & Vegetarian

• Position of the American Dietetic Association: Vegetarian Diets (PDF)