Unappetizing Hospital Food Also Unhealthy, Dietitians Say

Hospital food is often criticized for being unappetizing, but dietitians say the processed meals also lack proper nutrition for recovering patients.

Published

almost 2 years ago

Categories

Lifestyle, Food, Health, Nutrition & Wellness

Topics

Nutrition, Food

People

Paul Mc Cartney, Melanie Nagy

Places

Canada

Companies

Municipal Corporation Visakhapatnam

Transcript

bland tasteless and inedible these are some other words many people associate with hospitals in the great well it turns out it's also want healthy and create a state that needs to change they want hospitals to begin focusing on fresh menu is better but nutritionists and delicious now meaning she has the story a big chunk of the skate of hospital food not only a deterrent i'm not in the hospitals its famously awful you can't look at this from the scoops of white marsh to what looks like globs of brown blue wire to wire doesn't have to be sold are not an appetizing and a healthy step one i mean monica's that she is a family physician who's there i don't know when it comes to hospitals food complaints last year but not long ago the kid was hospitalized after the birth of her best day she says that included a diet of highly processed foods we eat in nutrients now this morning with seven apiece of french toast which i you know might have been in the day before inserting its one pot stew say well why is it captain be that way so even patients and even doctors can't stomach the food is why we are in canadian hospitals doing more to improve it and again and i think on the mound paul mccartney is a dietitian who co authored a national study on the nutrition and hospital food the challenge is in having a proper budget two purchases and quality food birinyi says canadian hospitals are cash strapped and on average spend about eight dollars per patient per day on food a small budget that passed the cover three meals and two snacks johnson on maharaj is how about a kid working to improve canadian hospital where she estimates about thirty percent of that it ends up in the trash is being processed foods are wholesome and modern russia argues that appetizing food it reduces waste and not improve savings in the long run she also believes a good mood improves patient care when the males it is disappointing given the release and the experience and our report as for monica a kid she says the time has come from hospitals two lead by example that's a real opportunity for us too two show patience that's small changes can be made the desk and says small changes too hard on it help us have a better chance that he'll have to do right now we need a cbc news toronto