Medical nutrition therapy

How it is used

Abbreviated MNT, a term used especially in the US, where some health insurance plans cover it for certain conditions. It follows the Nutrition Care Process: assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring and evaluation. Dietitians 'provide' or 'deliver' MNT.

Example sentences

1. Medical nutrition therapy for chronic kidney disease often involves adjusting protein, potassium and phosphorus.

2. Her insurance covers three sessions of medical nutrition therapy a year.

Common collocations

• provide medical nutrition therapy
• MNT for diabetes
• medical nutrition therapy sessions
• therapeutic diet

Related terms

• clinical nutritionThe branch of nutrition that deals with preventing, diagnosing and managing nutrition-related problems in patients, especially in hospitals, clinics and long-term care.
• dietitianA qualified health professional who has studied nutrition and dietetics at university and uses this knowledge to assess, advise and treat people, including patients with medical conditions.
• nutrition assessmentA systematic process in which a dietitian collects and interprets information about a person's diet, body measurements, medical history and lab results to identify nutrition problems.
• type 2 diabetesA long-term condition in which the body does not respond well to insulin or does not make enough of it, so blood sugar stays higher than normal. It is the most common type of diabetes.

More terms: Clinical Nutrition

• malnutrition
• food allergy
• food intolerance
• gluten-free
• enteral nutrition
• parenteral nutrition
• celiac disease
• eating disorder