The Nutrition Unit of Queen Sirikit Heart Center organised the “Food for Health” event under the “Good Health Starts on Your Plate” project. The initiative invited staff, patients, and the general public to learn about nutrition, practice reading food labels, and design healthy meal portions—focusing on reducing sweet, fatty, and salty foods while staying mindful of sodium to begin heart care through daily meals.
On 21 August 2026, the Nutrition Unit hosted the “Food for Health” activity at the First Floor Multi-purpose Area to encourage staff and interested participants to learn about heart care through daily food choices. Dr Pongsak Intarapetch, Deputy Director of Queen Sirikit Heart Center, presided over the event.
The event featured educational activities on nutrition, including food-label reading, educational games, and expert advice from dietitians. It also introduced practical “healthy plate layout” principles for everyday meals. Caring for heart health can begin with simple daily choices: selecting a variety of foods, adding more fruits and vegetables, choosing low-fat proteins, and reducing sweet, greasy, and salty foods—especially processed items high in sodium. Furthermore, participants were encouraged to check nutrition labels before buying. Achieving good health does not require changing everything in a single day; simply making better choices for the next meal is a significant step toward caring for one’s heart and overall well-being. The “Food for Health” event was therefore not just about providing food knowledge, but an invitation for everyone to look back at their own plates and start taking care of their health from what is closest to them.
Dr Pongsak stated that the Nutrition Unit at Queen Sirikit Heart Center of Northeastern Thailand currently covers medical nutrition therapy, food service, and nutrition education. Dietitians and nutritionists play a crucial role in managing and supervising food production and services to ensure patients receive meals aligned with hospital standards. Tasks include assessing nutritional status to provide nutritional therapy for both inpatients and outpatients alongside multidisciplinary teams, as well as counselling patients, relatives, or caregivers on proper diet management tailored to specific medical conditions. Additionally, the unit offers professional training to enhance the knowledge of interning students and produces public relations media to disseminate health nutrition information to the public. Consequently, the unit organised the “Good Health Starts on Your Plate (Food for Health) 2026” project to help the public, patients, and hospital visitors better understand the role of dietitians, recognise the importance of healthy eating habits, and encourage reduced intake of sweet, fatty, and salty foods for long-term health benefits.
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