How interesting that extreme obesity is
there but emaciation, malnutrition or starvation are
not!
Adeline
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November 16, 2005
The special diet
allowance is intended to help people on social assistance who require a special
diet because of a medical condition.
The government has created a new special diet allowance application form
that clearly lists the medical conditions that require a special diet, making
it easier for health professionals and applicants to understand who is eligible
for the allowance. The comprehensive list of medical conditions
requiring a special diet was developed in conjunction with health care
professionals, including dietitians, nutritionists, physicians and the Ontario
Medical Association.
The following is
the list of medical conditions for which a special diet allowance may be paid:
·
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
·
Cardiovascular Disease
·
Celiac Disease
·
Chronic Constipation
·
Chronic Wounds requiring protein
·
Congenital Abnormalities of the
Metabolic Type – Adults
·
Congenital Abnormalities of the
Metabolic Type – Infants and Children
·
Congestive Heart Failure
·
Crohn's Disease
·
Ulcerative Colitis
·
Cystic Fibrosis
·
Diabetes
·
Diverticulum/Diverticulitis
·
Dysphagia/Swallowing or Mastication
Difficulties
·
Extreme Obesity
·
Food Allergy – Eggs
·
Food Allergy – Milk/Dairy or Lactose
Intolerance
·
Food Allergy – Soya
·
Food Allergy – Wheat
·
Gestational Diabetes
·
Gout
·
Hepatic Disorders
·
HIV/AIDS
·
Hyperlipidemia
·
Hypertension
·
Hypertension and Congestive Heart
Failure and Grade 1 to 2 left ventricular function
·
Hypercholesterolemia
·
Inadequate lactation to sustain
breast-feeding or breast-feeding is contraindicated during the first 12 months
of infant's life
·
Liver Failure
·
Macrocytic Anaemia
·
Malabsorption
·
Malignancy
·
Marasmus or Kwashiorkor or Anorexia
·
Microcytic Anaemia
·
Osteoporosis/Osteomalacia/Osteopenia
·
Ostomies (e.g., jejunostomy,
ileostomy)
·
Pancreatic Insufficiency
·
Post-gastric
surgery
·
Prediabetes: Impaired Glucose
Tolerance or Impaired Fasting Glucose
·
Renal Failure – Dialysis
·
Renal Failure – Pre-Dialysis
·
Short Bowel Syndrome
In addition, women
on social assistance, while they are pregnant and for a further
12 months after delivery while breastfeeding, are eligible to receive the Pregnancy Nutritional
Allowance.
The list of medical
conditions requiring a special diet will be periodically reviewed and can be
updated if a new medical condition that requires a special diet is identified
by the medical community.
The government will also be conducting a phased review of
all special diet allowance cases. As cases come up for review, individuals will be notified about the
changes to the special diet rules and that their allowances are being reviewed.
Recipients will be required to provide the necessary information to confirm
that they have a medical condition that requires a special diet.
Upon review, recipients who
have a listed medical condition that requires a special diet will continue to
receive a special diet allowance. Recipients who are currently receiving a
special diet allowance for a non-medical condition will not be eligible for a
special diet allowance.
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