Dr. Nabanita Saha

Ms Nabanita Saha is a senior clinical dietitian in Bangalore with 21 years of experience in medical nutrition therapy, critical care nutrition, oncology dietetics, and therapeutic diet planning. She currently serves as Chief Clinical Dietitian at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, Bangalore.

Her MSc in Clinical Nutrition and extensive multi-institution career spanning HCG Cancer Centre, Narayana Health, and Burjeel Medical Center Oman reflect her depth of expertise across oncology, cardiac, renal, diabetic, and paediatric nutrition.

She has 3 peer-reviewed publications and received the Young Investigators Award at WCCN 2011. Whether a patient needs enteral or parenteral nutrition support, cancer nutrition management, diabetes diet counselling, weight management, or renal nutrition planning, her evidence-based and personalised approach ensures optimal nutritional outcomes.

She communicates fluently in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Kannada.

Specialty Areas and Treatments

Ms Nabanita Saha offers comprehensive clinical nutrition and dietetics care at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road Bangalore, with expertise spanning critical care nutrition, oncology nutrition, diabetes nutrition, renal and cardiac dietetics, weight management, and paediatric nutrition.

Critical Care and Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

Critically ill patients in ICU or post-surgical settings requiring enteral or parenteral nutrition support receive structured nutritional management from Ms Nabanita Saha, who has managed critical care nutrition across multiple tertiary hospitals.

• Enteral Nutrition planning and monitoring for ICU patients
• Parenteral Nutrition planning for post-surgical and critically ill patients
• Nutritional assessment and rehabilitation in critical care settings

Oncology Nutrition

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or bone marrow transplant requiring nutritional support receive structured oncology dietetics care from Ms Nabanita Saha, who has extensive experience at HCG Cancer Centre Bangalore.

• Pre-chemotherapy nutritional assessment and optimisation
• Nutrition support during chemotherapy, radiation, and cancer surgery
• Bone Marrow Transplant nutritional management
• Cancer-related malnutrition and fatigue nutritional management

Diabetes Nutrition and Management

Patients with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, or pre-diabetes requiring structured diet planning receive care from Ms Nabanita Saha, who has specialised diabetes nutrition experience at Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre Muscat.

• Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes therapeutic diet planning
• Gestational Diabetes Mellitus nutrition management
• Carbohydrate counting and insulin-diet coordination
• Blood sugar management through medical nutrition therapy

Cardiac Nutrition

Patients with heart disease, hypertension, or cardiovascular risk factors requiring cardiac diet management receive structured care from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Cardiac Diet planning for heart disease and hypertension
• Cholesterol and lipid management through nutrition
• Cardiovascular risk reduction diet planning

Renal and Dialysis Nutrition

Patients with chronic kidney disease or on dialysis requiring specialised renal dietary management receive structured care from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Renal Diet planning for CKD patients
• Dialysis Nutrition management
• Electrolyte and fluid balance through diet in renal patients

Weight Management and Lifestyle Modification

Patients with obesity, overweight, or metabolic conditions requiring structured weight management receive personalised diet programmes from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Scientific Weight Management and lifestyle modification
• Obesity and overweight diet planning
• PCOD-related nutritional management

Paediatric Nutrition

Children with nutritional deficiencies, growth concerns, diabetes, or special dietary needs receive structured paediatric nutrition planning from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Paediatric therapeutic diet planning
• Child Growth and nutritional rehabilitation

Pregnancy and Maternal Nutrition

Pregnant women requiring nutritional counselling for healthy pregnancy outcomes receive structured guidance from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Pregnancy nutrition counselling
• Gestational weight management and maternal diet planning

Thyroid and PCOD Nutrition

Patients with thyroid disorders or PCOD requiring targeted nutritional management receive structured diet planning from Ms Nabanita Saha.

• Thyroid Disorder nutritional management
• PCOD diet planning and hormonal health support

Credentials and Trust

• BSc, Home Science, Lucknow University, 2005
• MSc, Clinical Nutrition, Lucknow University, 2007
• BLS, Basic Life Support, certified

She has previously served as Clinical Dietitian at HCG Health Care Global Hospital Bangalore, 2008 to 2013, Senior Clinical Dietitian and Department Head at Narayana Health Bangalore, 2013 to 2016, Senior Clinical Dietitian at Dr Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre Muscat, 2016 to 2017, and Consultant Clinical Dietitian at Burjeel Medical Center Oman, 2017 to 2019.

Awards and Achievements

• Young Investigators Award, World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, WCCN, September 2011
• Team Award for Implementation of Supplementary Therapeutic Diet, HCG Hospital, July 2011

Consulting Hospitals in Bangalore

Ms Nabanita Saha currently serves as Chief Clinical Dietitian at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bangalore.

Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road is a NABH and NABL accredited tertiary care hospital in Bangalore offering comprehensive medical, surgical, oncology, and rehabilitation services.

Research and Academic Contributions

Ms Nabanita Saha has 3 peer-reviewed publications and has contributed to clinical nutrition research in oncology and medical nutrition therapy.

Key Publications

• Effect of Pre-Chemotherapy Nutritional Status on Treatment Response in Patients with Solid Malignancies Posted for Adjuvant Chemotherapy. ATRO, Association for Transitional Research in Oncology
• Effects of Pre-Chemotherapy Nutritional Status and Nutritional Risk Index on Fatigue and Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients with Solid Malignancies Posted for Adjuvant Chemotherapy. International Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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