Cardiovascular Disease - Hypertension
Nutrition Care Process (Toolkits)
Last Updated: 2023-02-10
Target Group: All Adults
Nutrition Intervention
Nutrition Prescription Examples
Recommend
- Modified Diet
- Energy/nutrient modification
- Calorie modification (e.g. to prevent weight gain/facilitate weight loss)
- Mineral intake (e.g. reduce sodium)
- Fibre level (increase to at least 25-29 g/day)
- Food intake (e.g. increase whole grains, vegetables and fruit, legumes, fish consumption, whole or ground flaxseed (20-50 g/day or 2 to 5 Tbsp/day), sodium modification).
- Energy/nutrient modification
Food and/or Nutrient Delivery Example
- Meals and Snacks
- General/healthful