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Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1513747
This article is part of the Research Topic Nutrition Counseling for Non-Communicable Disease Management View all 3 articles

Adaptation of the Nutrition Care Process in Metabolic Diseases in the Mexican population

Provisionally accepted
Magdalena Sevilla-Gonzalez Magdalena Sevilla-Gonzalez 1*Ailema González-Ortiz Ailema González-Ortiz 2Victoria Landa-Anell Victoria Landa-Anell 2Marco Antonio Melgarejo-Hernández Marco Antonio Melgarejo-Hernández 2Fabiola Mabel Del Razo-Olvera Fabiola Mabel Del Razo-Olvera 2Ana Arias Marroquín Ana Arias Marroquín 2Berenice Román Calleja Berenice Román Calleja 2Victoria Monreal-Lugo Victoria Monreal-Lugo 2Angélica Martin-Veneces Angélica Martin-Veneces 3Karime Haua-Navarro Karime Haua-Navarro 4Angeles Espinosa Angeles Espinosa 2
  • 1 Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
  • 2 National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, México, Mexico
  • 3 Universidad La Salle, Mexico City, México, Mexico
  • 4 Colegio Mexicano de Nutriologos, Mexico, Mexico

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    Background: The Nutrition Care Process (NCP) is a systematic framework designed to enhance the quality of nutrition care. Given the high prevalence of metabolic diseases in Mexican population, there is a critical need for tailored nutrition care strategies. Objective: We aim to describe the adaptation of the NCP to manage metabolic diseases in Mexican individuals. Methods: Our adaptation included a comprehensive literature review of clinical nutrition guidelines, by a structured consultation with experts to ensure clinical setting-specific and culturally appropriate modifications. A team of registered dietitians from two tier 3 hospitals, each with over five years of experience in metabolic disease management, customized the NCP's four core steps—assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring—to meet the specific needs of the Mexican population. Results: We adapted the NCP to manage five common metabolic disorders: obesity, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and dyslipidemia. Each step of the NCP was complemented by the development of educational materials designed to 1) enhance awareness of disease risk, 2) broaden their knowledge of nutritional management, and 3) provide tailored strategies for developing personalized action plans. The adapted NCP was implemented in clinical and research settings and the materials were documented as an online publication to facilitate widespread dissemination. Conclusions: Our adaptation represents a significant advancement in the use of structured tools for nutrition care in Mexican populations, who face disproportionately high rates of metabolic diseases. Further research is needed to assess the effectiveness of this approach in clinical settings.

    Keywords: Nutrition Therapy, educational, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Metabolic Diseases, population health

    Received: 19 Oct 2024; Accepted: 08 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Sevilla-Gonzalez, González-Ortiz, Landa-Anell, Melgarejo-Hernández, Del Razo-Olvera, Arias Marroquín, Román Calleja, Monreal-Lugo, Martin-Veneces, Haua-Navarro and Espinosa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Magdalena Sevilla-Gonzalez, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

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