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This document discusses nutrition therapy for patients with kidney disease. It defines chronic kidney disease (CKD) as kidney damage lasting over 3 months as determined by decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the presence of kidney damage markers. CKD is staged based on GFR levels from 1 to 5. Diet recommendations for CKD stages 1-4 focus on appropriate protein, energy, mineral and fluid intake. Medical nutrition therapy goals for hemodialysis patients include preventing malnutrition due to reduce

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IS99057

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