Diet therapy

Introduction: Diet therapy

Description of Diet therapy

Diet therapy: nutrients in the form of supplements or replacements are added or are used in place of other dietary constituents; also applies when a particular diet is used in the prevention and /or treatment of a disease including nutritional or non-nutritional disorders.
Source: CRISP

Diet therapy: By adjusting the quantity and quality of food intake to improve health status of an individual. This term does not include the methods of food intake (NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT).
Source: MeSH 2007

Diet therapy: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Diet therapy:

• Diet
• Therapy
• Nutrients
• Form
• Dietary
• Prevention

Terms associated with Diet therapy:

More specific terms for Diet therapy:

• Diabetic Diet
• Diet Fads
• Diet, Reducing
• Diet, Sodium-Restricted
• Diet, Vegetarian
• Diet, Fat-Restricted
• Diet, Protein-Restricted
• Caloric Restriction
• Diet, Mediterranean
• Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Diet therapy

• Nutrition Therapy

Source - MeSH 2007

• dietary control
• therapy

Source - CRISP

The term Diet therapy can be used for:

• nutrition therapy

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Diet therapy:

• alternative medicine
• cardiovascular disorder therapy
• dietary supplement
• nutrition related tag

Source: CRISP

The description of Diet therapy may also be used for the following terms:

• gastrointestinal disorder therapy
• hyperalimentation therapy
• nutrition disorder therapy

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Diet therapy

The following list attempts to classify Diet therapy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Therapeutics
  • Nutrition Therapy
    • Diet Therapy

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