Ruijia Lee

Nutrition and Dietetics graduate from Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), now based in Singapore as a Clinical Dietitian

[Leslie Anderson, MD M.Ed. FRCPC @DrLesliesPath]

Epidemiologist Dr. Repp found that multiple victims of suicide had recently surrendered their pets to a shelter. As a result, shelter staff was trained to ask the right questions & provide resources & 7 suicides have been prevented so far #NAME2018 #forensics #notjustaboutthedead

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Applicable all across healthcare. All the clinical practice guidelines in the world won’t help to individualize care!

[NEJM @NEJM]

The resident presented a patient admitted for chest pain after walking his dog. The attending asked, “What was the name of his dog?” The resident was stumped. Four years later, he’s not sure anything he’s carried from residency has been more useful than that question.

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

That variety!

[UHB Therapy Services @UHBTherapy]

Friday’s Myth: All nutritional supplements are the same & taste the same. False!
Supplements include soups, puddings, milky drinks, juice style drinks. Some are high protein, some high calorie, some low electrolyte. Dietitian will advise on appropriate one to meet needs #MAW2018

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

I think perhaps we need botanists to come onboard the healthcare multi-disciplinary team 🙌🏼🙌🏼

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Step 1 of (seemingly idiot-proof) instructions: being dietitians 1 cup=250ml but after the poor soil was drowning we figured it was 1 cup=1 small pot...🤦🏻‍♀️😅 still holding on tight to my day job 😂 @Botanygeek

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Found this on my desk when I came to work this morning 💕💕 #6monthsprobation

[Peter Collins @DrPFCollins]

“In medical school we aren’t taught enough [insert 3-4 year tertiary course]”. Foundation knowledge & referral pathways needed. My Carpenter brother doesn’t moan he wasn’t taught enough plumbing in his training, he just knows when to call one #insightSBS https://t.co/3DtTYjINSw

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Thank you Sydney! Great to be back at my 2nd home 🇦🇺 Fortunate and very thankful for the opportunity to present at #DAA2018 (something I thought was beyond me)! Leaving very inspired to do greater things as a new dietitian! #thinkbig @DAA_feed Back to work for now 🇸🇬🛫

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Oh Aussie brekkie how I’ve missed you! 😋
(Side note: the waitress seemed a bit surprised when I ordered “sautéed greens” as a side 😅)

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Excited for this session/discussion with some of the best in the business! 🙌🏼 #DAA2018 @DAA_feed

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(2/2) in all seriousness it's a challenge to juggle proritising food waste when you're putting in extra orders & supps for malnourished patients in hope that they will eat something (guilty as charged). Defo can do more in this space for dietitians!! #daa2018

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

(1/2) Great presentation on food waste by @craigreucassel this morning! Definitely woke me up in the cold early Sydney morning with these stats. I could open a bakery selling banana bread or sell jars of pasta sauce with these...

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Thanks Peter! 🙌🏼🇦🇺☃️ https://t.co/B7GdwAlrVK

[Peter Collins @DrPFCollins]

#Dietitian Rui Jia jetting into #DAA2018 in Sydney 🛫🇸🇬🇦🇺to present her @QUT #Nutrition & #Dietetics research project on a challenge all #dietitians will have encountered: the conflict between competing therapeutic diets. #malnutrition is the trump card @DAA_feed @BAPENUK

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Toenails as the “Hemoglobin A1c” of Functional Independence https://t.co/zEn8P75Dbg

Very interesting! Sometimes the signs are right in front of us. I also remember being taught that signs of weight loss can also be as simple as loose clothes or a loose wedding band.

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Protein intake is important but protein timing is also key. Intake above 25-30g per meal does not lead to further muscle synthesis

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Very informative presentation by Dr Sarah Peterson at the SingSPEN Clinical Nutrition Meeting in Singapore - differences in body composition in non-sarcopenia and sarcopenic patients

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Goes to show that “beauty” is definitely a social construct. Two extreme ends of the spectrum depending on where you are in the world. https://t.co/lJ5R5aKVzY

[CNA TODAY @TODAYonline]

Force feeding burdens obese Mauritanian girls with diabetes, heart disease. Girls of around eight can weigh up to 140 kg after being force-fed. https://t.co/pKkJRCSWPC

[Ruijia Lee @Ruijialee]

Saw this in the local supermarket. Hmm they look (and probably taste) like ordinary bananas to me + all that unnecessary packaging!

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Watching this space! https://t.co/BSAvY9oX2q

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Fun fact of the day: there is no ‘i’ in the ‘juice’ of fortijuce
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