AKF launches online renal nutrition resource to guide patient-provider discussions
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The American Kidney Fund has launched two online resources for health care professionals that can serve as tools for improving patient adherence to dietary recommendations and increasing awareness of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
“Following a renal-friendly diet is a perpetual challenge for people with kidney disease and kidney failure,” LaVarne A. Burton, president and CEO of the AKF, said in a press release. “Our goal in developing Kidney Kitchen Pro and the [secondary hyperparathyroidism] SHPT resources was to provide much-needed comprehensive, standardized and user-friendly content for renal dietitians and other professionals to use with their patients.
We are grateful to Amgen for their support of our effort to develop nutritional resources that will help patients and providers work together to develop and customize meal plans based on eating habits, preferences and the personal dietary restrictions they have.”
According to the release, the AKF Dietician Advisory Group, which consists of 10 expert renal dieticians, guided the development of the nutritional resource. In April of 2021, Healio Nephrology interviewed one member of the advisory group, Melanie Betz, MS, RD, CSR, CSG, on her research examining challenges nephrology professionals encounter when recommending plant-based diets to patients.
“[It] may help to frame nutrition interventions as a way to slow [chronic kidney disease] CKD progression, rather than just, ‘This is good for your kidneys,’” Betz told Healio Nephrology. “Patients are usually interested in what they can do to prevent dialysis, and plant-based diets can do this.”
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