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Preparing to see your Healthcare Professional

Five important questions about your health to share with your healthcare professional before your next appointment.
Complete and print the document and take it to your healthcare professional to help ensure you get the treatment you need and a nutritional supplement if appropriate.

The following questions are designed to help you think about or remember a change that you had forgotten about or didn’t think was important and share with your healthcare professional. It is very important to talk to your healthcare professional about these issues, they can help ensure you get the treatment you need.

  1. Have you lost weight without intending to?

  2. Are you eating less than usual?

  3. Are your clothes or jewellery, such as rings and watches, looser than normal?

If you have answered yes to any of the above questions discuss your concerns with your healthcare professional who may help you make changes to your current diet or suggest nutritional supplements.

  1. What is your Body Mass Index (BMI)?

    Calculate your body mass index (BMI). It is a helpful measurement which is generally used by healthcare professionals to determine if a person is underweight, overweight or within a healthy weight range

    BMI CALCULATOR

    Choose imperial (feet and inches, stones and pounds) or metric (centimetres and kilograms)

    Fill the form

    Input your height:

    Input your weight:

    Fill the form Input your height:

    Input your weight:

    Your BMI is:

  2. How much weight have you lost as a percentage of your total body weight?

    Your BMI is just an indication, it’s important to make sure you’re not loosing too much weight without intending to. Enter the weight you were, 3 to 6 months ago, and the weight you are now, to see how much you have lost as a % of your total weight.

    % WEIGHT LOSS CALCULATOR

    Choose imperial (stones and pounds) or metric (kilograms)

    Fill the form

    Input your previous weight:

    Input your current weight:

    Fill the form Input your previous weight:

    Input your current weight:

Speak to your healthcare professional - NICE guidelines recommend that you should be considered for nutrition support if:

  • Your BMI is less than 18.5
  • You have lost more than 10% of your weight in the past 3 to 6 months without trying
  • Your BMI is less than 20 and you have lost more than 5% of your weight over the past 3 to 6 months without trying.

Once completed, print this document and share your answers with your healthcare professional to help discuss your concerns.

Nutritional supplement starter pack Nutricia produces the widest range of nutritional supplements, in a host of styles and flavours because we know it’s important to provide you with a wide variety. So to help you get going, we’ve produced a starter pack, it’s basically a variety of nutrition supplements containing milkshake, yoghurt and juice style supplement drinks in the most popular flavours from the Fortisip range

Fortisip range starter pack contains 10 x 200ml bottles (PIP code 322-1538)