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Maintaining good nutrition throughout cancer treatment can be very challenging. Eating the right foods during and after treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. Ochsner Cancer Institute offers Oncology Nutrition Therapy Services by registered, licensed dietitian(s) to assist you in managing your nutrition needs.
A registered dietitian is a food and nutrition expert who has earned the professional designation of RD from the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Registered dietitians have at least a bachelor’s degree and complete continuing professional educational requirements to maintain this designation. Moreover, majority of our dietitians have received their master's degree in dietetics. A registered dietitian is your most credible, objective source of nutrition information.
At Ochsner’s Cancer Center, a registered dietitian will work along with your doctors, nurses and support staff to identify opportunities for nutrition intervention. Medical nutrition therapy provided by a dietitian includes a complete nutrition assessment with a review of your medical history, lab and test results and diet history. A plan to accomplish your personalized nutrition goals will be developed and your ongoing progress will be monitored and evaluated.
Each step in the cancer continuum, from diagnosis through survivorship, poses nutritional challenges for patients. In fact, up to 85% of patients experience weight loss or malnutrition during the cancer journey. Proper nutrition helps patients
An Ochsner Cancer Center registered dietitian can help if you…
Medical experts recommend you follow a healthy diet, maintain an ideal body weight, and exercise to help prevent the onset or progression of disease. Excess body weight contributes to as many as 1 out of 5 cancer-related deaths. Being overweight is associated with cancer recurrence, cancer mortality, or preventable mortality from other causes. Ochsner’s nutrition team will help you reach personal weight, physical activity and nutrition goals steered by the American Institute of Cancer Research’s guidelines for cancer prevention.
Our staff is available for nutrition therapy to assist you before, during, and after cancer treatment. If you are an Ochsner Cancer Institute patient and would like to visit with a dietitian, request a referral from your doctor or call 504-842-3910 for assistance.
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