Frequently asked questions
The questions people ask most about Clinical Nutrition, at La Rose and across our Knowledge Centre articles.
A full medical assessment using the InBody device to determine your fat, muscle and water percentages and your measurements; body-contouring measurements to track progress; a full consultation with a specialist-grade clinical and therapeutic nutrition physician who reviews your labs and medical history; and the setting of the plan that suits your case: whether that is a nutrition plan, sessions or injectable therapy.
If you have recent labs, bring them, it saves time. If you do not, the doctor will specify what is needed after the consultation. If the plan will include weight-loss injections, there is a baseline panel we ask for first: CBC; TSH, FT3 and FT4; urea and creatinine; AST and ALT; HbA1c and fasting blood sugar.
No. No single plan works for everyone. The plan is built after we understand your body composition, your medical history and the real shape of your day, and it is adjusted every week according to how you responded and to what you were actually able to keep to.
The scale gives you one number. A body-composition analysis tells you what that number is made of: how much is fat, how much is muscle, how much is water. This matters because losing muscle looks like success on the scale while in fact it slows your metabolism and makes the weight come back. We follow composition, not the number.
Weekly follow-up is what keeps the plan alive and adapting to your body. A gap of more than a week counts as a new consultation, because the situation will have changed and needs assessing again from the start.
Start with one household change: more regular meal times, accessible water, vegetables or fruit with meals, and a suitable protein source. Do not put every age on one diet; children, pregnancy and chronic illness have different needs, and a medical condition requires an individual plan.
It depends on your food, age, symptoms, pregnancy or breastfeeding, health conditions, medicines and sometimes tests. A supplement is not universal insurance, and excess amounts of some nutrients can harm, so review the need and dose instead of starting a random collection.
Yes. Choose a meal with a protein source and vegetables, ask for sauces and extras separately, and decide the portion before eating from a large container. Review your repeated orders; improving the usual choice matters more than finding a perfect meal every time.
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Booking ahead is required. Patients are seen in order of arrival.
