HAUSARZT PRAXIS has a new cooperation partner: the Swiss Society for Nutrition SGE. We are very pleased that from now on the SBU will regularly inform about important topics in nutrition.
Balanced and healthy eating habits are becoming increasingly important in healthcare. Healthy eating behaviors not only help improve overall well-being, but can also be used as a supportive or preventive measure for disease, providing patients with relief. These and other lifestyle measures are often requested by patients directly from you as physicians. We are therefore particularly pleased to have found the ideal contact for this in the Swiss Society for Nutrition (SGE).
Particularly in view of the importance of nutrition in a wide variety of diseases, from diabetes to cancer to psoriasis, the primary care provider is called upon to provide the patient with the right guidance and nutritional recommendations for daily life: Which foods should be avoided as far as possible in order to counteract disease progression? And which foods may even have a preventive effect?
Nutrition is thus to be seen on the one hand as a component of the family doctor’s therapy recommendation, which accompanies the patient during an illness. On the other hand, it is part of the prevention approach as a preventive measure.
The articles in the current issue of HAUSARZT PRAXIS 8/2014 begin with the general dietary recommendations for children between the ages of four and six. Parents have an important role to play in learning how to best combine foods. In this regard, as family physicians, you often act as the first point of contact for parents who are having difficulty with proper nutrition for their children.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyalty as a reader and hope you enjoy reading it.
For suggestions and feedback, please contact the editorial office at: lg@primemedic.ch
Lena Geltenbort
Editor-in-Chief
HAUSARZT PRAXIS 2014; 9(8): 4
