AFMAN44-144 — Nutritional Medicine

AFMAN44-144 provides guidance for nutrition education, medical nutrition therapy, and resource management in Air Force Medical Treatment Facilities.

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  • Publication number: AFMAN44-144
  • Title: NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE
  • Date: 2016-01-20

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It addresses nutritional medicine organization, planning, personnel administration, nutrition care, meal service, and subsistence management. Compliance with AFMAN44-144 is mandatory, and records created through its prescribed processes must be maintained and disposed of under applicable Air Force requirements.

Applies to: This Manual does not apply to the Air Force Reserve, except where noted.

Topics covered

  • Nutrition education
  • Medical nutrition therapy
  • Nutritional medicine organization
  • Menu planning
  • Inpatient meal service
  • Subsistence account management
  • Nutrition screening

Questions and answers

What must happen to records created through processes prescribed in AFMAN44-144?

Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained IAW Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of IAW Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS).

What does AFMAN44-144 require regarding review of the revised document?

Substantially revised, this document must be reviewed in its entirety.

What nutrition screening and therapeutic diet procedures were changed?

Nutrition screening and outpatient therapeutic diet procedures were updated and Privacy Act requirements were incorporated into inpatient meal service procedures.

What was added for subsistence account reporting and management?

An attachment was added to the chapter on subsistence account reporting and management as a compliance checklist for purchasing, storing, inventorying, issuing, cost control, pricing, cashier operations, and ration accounting.

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