NUHS also provides personalised nutrition counselling for seniors with frailty, chronic disease or malnutrition, apart from conducting community roadshows and health talks to educate older adults, Ms Wong said.
The healthcare provider has developed multilingual education resources and practical guides, ensuring that caregivers are equipped to prepare healthy meals.
Last year, the Ministry of Health launched EatWise SG, guiding healthcare workers so that they may deliver better diet recommendations to help prevent and manage chronic diseases and malnutrition. This initiative allows primary care providers to identify at-risk patients and provide them with dietary help.
All three public healthcare groups that spoke to CNA TODAY – SingHealth, NUHS and NHG Health – are part of the EatWise SG initiative. NHG Health alone has trained more than 500 community providers.
However, health experts said that more could be done.
