Clinical nutrition
Overview
The Clinical Nutrition Department at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, employs an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to cater to the nutritional needs of individuals across all age groups and health conditions. Our evidence-based, personalised diet plans are designed around each individual’s medical condition, lab results, lifestyle, and cultural preferences — making them practical, sustainable, and effective for long-term results.
We provide a full spectrum of services, from initial assessments and calorie requirement calculations to advanced nutrition support for both acute and chronic conditions. Our specialised nutritional expertise covers a wide range of conditions, including intensive care, oncology, nephrology, endocrinology, paediatrics, bariatric surgery, and sports performance.
Blending comfort with clinical precision, we offer dedicated consultation rooms, digital meal-tracking tools, and NABH–and AACI-compliant protocols that guarantee safe, accurate, and confidential diet planning.
With both walk-in and scheduled clinics, continuous monitoring, and compassionate counselling, we help you recover faster, prevent complications, and maintain a better quality of life through the healing power of the right, balanced nutrition.
Specialisations
The Clinical Nutrition Department at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, offers comprehensive services, from preventive care to advanced support for complex conditions. Our team provides personalised assessments and continuous dietary guidance to strengthen recovery, improve outcomes, and promote long-term wellbeing.
Why choose Amrita clinical Nutrition?
The Department of Clinical Nutrition at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, helps patients across all age groups recover faster, prevent disease, and live healthier lives through personalised, evidence-based nutrition support tailored to their medical needs, lifestyle, and cultural preferences.
Integrated Multidisciplinary Care
Our clinical nutritionists collaborate closely with doctors and specialists to provide ongoing nutrition support throughout a patient’s treatment journey. This evidence-based multidisciplinary care ensures personalised, condition-specific nutrition plans, especially for complex illnesses such as cancer or kidney failure. This patient-centred nutritional care helps patients recover faster, reduces complications, and improves treatment outcomes.
Therapeutic Nutrition for Complex Illnesses
We provide comprehensive nutrition support for patients across all stages of life, from pregnant women and infants to those in intensive care.With vast expertise in evidence-based nutrition for specialities including paediatrics, bariatric surgery, post-surgical recovery, and critical care, the Clinical Nutrition Department at Amrita Hospital has set new benchmarks and redefined the role of supportive care in India.
Patient-Centred and Culturally Sensitive Dietary Support
Our team of highly qualified Clinical Nutritionists provides safe, NABH and AACI-aligned care that goes far beyond generic meal advice. Each nutrition plan is carefully crafted, based on individual medical conditions, lab results, and dietary preferences. Instead of promoting fad diets or drastic changes, we design tailor-made dietary plans that respect cultural and religious food practices, making it easier for people to adopt lasting changes and enjoy better health.
Preventive & Lifestyle Nutrition
Good nutrition is the foundation not only for recovery but also for preventing disease and promoting lifelong health. Our clinical nutritionists provide personalised, evidence-based counselling to help patients adopt balanced eating habits, manage weight effectively, and lower the risk of lifestyle-related conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
With culturally sensitive guidance and practical strategies that fit into daily life, we enable sustainable lifestyle changes that strengthen wellbeing across all ages.
Evidence-Based Protocols and Advanced Monitoring
Our department adheres to NABH and AACI-aligned protocols, utilising digital meal tracking and patient feedback to optimise nutrition plans continuously. With advanced facilities for screening, body composition analysis, growth tracking, and laboratory testing, we accurately assess each patient’s nutritional status and tailor care to evolving medical needs. Nutritionists work collaboratively within the clinical team, and regular monitoring ensures that timely adjustments to feeding plans are made. This approach supports the safest and most effective recovery, promoting long-term patient health.
Comprehensive Outpatient and Follow-Up Services
Our department offers both scheduled and walk-in consultations for chronic disease nutrition therapy, weight management, tube-feeding support at home, and guidance for pregnancy, lactation, and child nutrition.
Beyond recovery, we provide lifestyle counselling and education programmes to prevent illness and encourage long-term healthy eating habits.
Discharge nutrition counselling, along with family education and support groups, ensures continuity of care and empowers patients to maintain progress and achieve sustained wellbeing well beyond their hospital stay.
Diseases and Treatments
Clinical nutrition combines scientific, evidence-based methods with a multidisciplinary approach to identify and manage nutritional deficiencies. Tailored plans enhance quality of life through education, prevention, and support during chronic illness, critical care, and post-surgical recovery.
FAQs
They are closely related but not always the same.
In hospitals, clinical nutritionists (sometimes called clinical dieticians) work alongside doctors to design diets that support treatment and recovery. They assess eating habits, check how medications affect nutrient absorption, and carefully plan meals to manage conditions such
as diabetes, side effects of cancer treatment, or post-surgery recovery.
Dieticians may also work in hospitals, but are often found in community settings, where they provide guidance on healthy eating, weight control, and long-term wellness. Their focus is more on prevention and everyday nutrition.
Every pregnancy is unique and comes with its own needs, sometimes even different from your previous pregnancies. Even if your weight is
normal, pregnancy increases your body’s demand for essential nutrients to support your baby’s growth and keep you healthy.
A clinical nutritionist helps you plan balanced meals with the right vitamins, minerals, and proteins. They also work to prevent deficiencies like anaemia and to manage common pregnancy concerns such as nausea or gestational diabetes — all to help you deliver a healthy child.
Picky eating is common in young children and usually improves over time. However, a clinical nutritionist ensures your child’s healthy growth by evaluating eating habits, identifying nutrient gaps, and suggesting creative ways to introduce essential vitamins and minerals, often through foods your child already enjoys
Yes.
A clinical nutritionist helps kidney patients manage creatinine levels by improving kidney health through diet plans that reduce strain on the kidneys.
They evaluate eating habits, recommend safe amounts of protein, fluids, and essential minerals like sodium and potassium, and collaborate with doctors to slow disease progression.
With the right nutrition plan — including guidance on what foods and supplements to avoid — many patients are able to stabilise creatinine levels, significantly reduce fatigue, and improve quality of life.
Yes.
A clinical nutritionist plays a vital role in diabetes care by designing diet plans that help control blood sugar levels while ensuring you get all
essential nutrients.
They assess your eating habits, recommend the right balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and healthy fats, and guide you on portion sizes and meal timing. With the right nutrition plan, many people are able to stabilise their blood sugar, prevent complications, and lead a healthier
life.
Being on a Ryle’s tube does not automatically lead to weight loss, but inadequate planning of feeds can affect nutrition.
A clinical nutritionist creates customised feeding plans with the right balance of calories, proteins, fluids, vitamins, and minerals, tailored to
the patient’s condition. They closely monitor tolerance, adjust the formula or schedule when needed, and work with the healthcare team to support recovery.
During pregnancy, after surgery, upon diagnosis of chronic illness, if you're losing/gaining weight rapidly, or managing any condition where diet plays a role.
Contact Us
Location: Upper Ground Floor (Zone 9), Amrita Hospital
Email: nutrition@amritahospital.org
Hours: Monday–Saturday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM