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Eating – help yourself. A guide for patients and their carers

Eating – help yourself. A guide for patients and their carers (February 2019)

Eating may be a problem for people with cancer or other illnesses, particularly when undergoing treatment such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy. This booklet has advice on how to eat well when trying to cope with loss of appetite, changes in taste, dry mouth, difficulties swallowing, feeling full, nausea, diarrhoea, and constipation. It has tips on how to make food as nourishing as possible and ideas for snacks and drinks.

Author(s)
Christie Hospital NHS Trust
Place of publication
Manchester
Publisher
Christie Hospital NHS Trust
Date of publication
February 2019
Pages
24pp
Price
£2 inc. p&p.
Supplier
http://www.christie.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-treatment-and-care/patient-information/
Subject(s)
Appetite, Diet and nutrition, Meals and snacks, Recipes, Food, Swallowing, Eating problems, Taste, Dry mouth, Nausea, Constipation, Mouth care, Diarrhoea
Format
Booklet
Language
English
Flesch readability score
66.5
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