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Nutrition Services, Prevention Important in Nutrition Care for Special Health Needs
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In February, 2010 the American Dietetic Association (ADA) announced the official stance:
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that nutrition services provided by registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered, are essential components of comprehensive care for all people with developmental disabilities and special health care needs.
According to ADA's position paper: "People with developmental disabilities and special health care needs frequently have nutrition concerns, including growth alterations (failure to thrive, obesity or growth retardation), metabolic disorders, poor feeding skills, medication-nutrient interactions and sometimes partial or total dependence on enteral or parenteral nutrition,' or tube feedings for people who cannot ingest food orally.
Position statement and follow-up paragraph taken from American Dietetic Association press release dated February 1, 2010 (www.eatright.org/Media/content.aspx?id=4294967985).
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