Eating Disorder
Disease Description
Measure/ Intervention
a. Bulimia Nervosa -is a serious, potentially life-
threatening eating disorder
characterized by a cycle of
bingeing and compensatory
behaviors such as self-
induced vomiting designed to
undo or compensate for the
effects of binge eating.
b. Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an
eating disorder
characterised by extreme
Dietary
Rationale
1. Eat low-calorie -This will sooth your
foods. cravings without making
you gain weight.
2. 1/3 of the diet -Carbohydrate is the body's
should consist of predominant source of
starchy energy.
carbohydrates.
3. 1/3 of the diet -Eating healthy snacks
should consist of throughout the day can help
fruit and vegetables relieve hunger pangs and
reduce the risk of a binge
4. 1/3 of the diet -good source of calcium,
should consist of and this is one of the main
dairy and protein reasons that the USDA and
the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) recommend
that people consume dairy
5. Avoid saturated fats -these are high in
from processed cholesterol and increase
foods the risk of fatty build-up in
the arteries leading to
cardiovascular disease.
1. Eat very small - To have a day-by-
amounts of food and day process in
Nutritional
Monitoring
 Calculate and monitor
energy and
macronutrient intake
to establish expected
rates of weight
change, and to meet
body composition and
health goals. Guide
goal setting to
normalize eating
patterns for nutrition
rehabilitation and
weight restoration or
maintenance as
appropriate.
 Ensure diet quality
and regular eating
pattern, increased
amount and variety of
foods consumed,
normal perceptions of
hunger and satiety,
and suggestions
about supplement use
 Provide psychosocial
support and positive
reinforcement;
structured refeeding
plan
 Counsel individuals
and other caregivers
on food selection
considering individual
preferences, health
history, physical and
psychological factors,
and resources
 Calculate and monitor
energy and
macronutrient intake
 dieting, severe weight loss
and resulting
malnourishment. Anorexia
nervosa occurs when a
person experiences intense
fear and anxiety in relation
to food and weight gain.
Often a sufferer will have a
warped idea of what they
really look like and will often
purge, exercise excessively
or vomit regularly in order
to lose weight.
3. Binge eating disorder is when a person regularly
consumes excessive
amounts of food. These
habitual eating sprees are
usually followed by feelings
of guilt or disgust.
3. Avoid saturated fats
increase intake very recovering from to establish expected
gradually over time. Anorexia Nervosa. rates of weight
2. Eat regularly at - To have a routine change, and to meet
particular times when it comes to body composition and
health goals. Guide
throughout the day food; so our body
goal setting to
(3 balanced meals will get used to our normalize eating
per day). food intake. patterns for nutrition
3. A gain rate of 0.5- - so there is a goal to rehabilitation and
1kg per week (but work towards weight restoration or
no more) is widely maintenance as
recommended by appropriate.
experts.  Ensure diet quality
4. Eat 3,500-7000 - To gain weight in a and regular eating
extra calories per normal range. pattern, increased
week. amount and variety of
foods consumed,
normal perceptions of
hunger and satiety,
and suggestions
about supplement use
 Provide psychosocial
support and positive
reinforcement;
structured refeeding
plan
 Counsel individuals
and other caregivers
on food selection
considering individual
preferences, health
history, physical and
psychological factors,
and resources
1. Regular exercise - can help to reduce  Calculate and monitor
excess weight. energy and
macronutrient intake
2. Eat fruits and - This won’t let you to establish expected
vegetables. gain weight but still rates of weight
change, and to meet
nutritious. body composition and
health goals. Guide
- these are high in goal setting to
from processed cholesterol and normalize eating
foods increase the risk of patterns for nutrition
fatty build-up in the rehabilitation and
 arteries leading to weight restoration or
cardiovascular maintenance as
disease. appropriate.
 Ensure diet quality
and regular eating
pattern, increased
amount and variety of
foods consumed,
normal perceptions of
hunger and satiety,
and suggestions
about supplement use
 Provide psychosocial
support and positive
reinforcement;
structured refeeding
plan
 Counsel individuals
and other caregivers
on food selection
considering individual
preferences, health
history, physical and
psychological factors,
and resources

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/bulimia
https://www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk/articles/anorexia-nervosa.html
https://www.nutritionist-resource.org.uk/articles/binge-eating.html
 BURNS
Disease Description Dietary
Rationale Nutritional
Measure/ Intervention Monitoring

BURNS means more than the 1. Enteral Feeding - improved nitrogen

burning sensation Should Be balance, reduced
associated with this Commenced Early hypermetabolic
injury. Burns are response, reduced
characterized by severe immunological
skin damage that causes complications and
the affected skin cells to mortality.
die. Most people can
recover from burns without 2. Aggressive - Although oral
serious health Nutritional Support nutrition is
consequences, depending is Often Required encouraged, young
on the cause and degree of children with severe
injury. burn injuries often
require naso-gastric
feeding as they tend
to have difficulty
meeting their
nutritional goals with
oral intake alone.

3. high calorie - to allow optimal

requirements healing and
outcome.

4. Protein - Aggressive protein

Requirements are delivery, providing
Substantially approximately 20 %
Increased of calories from
protein, has been
associated with
improved mortality
and morbidity.

https://www.healthline.com/health/burns
https://www.rch.org.au/burns/clinical_information/Nutritional_management_for_burn_patients/