The study sought to highlight the importance of nutritional monitoring carried out by a nutritionist in the prevention and treatment of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). It also reflects on the importance of nutrition in the preventive care of NCDs and in their treatment, shows the risk factors of these diseases and discusses how they can be avoided with nutritional monitoring, as well as highlights some functional foods that have been found to be beneficial in combating these diseases. The research method for this article was a bibliographic review, with full articles being researched to encourage the study, laws, resolutions and quantitative and qualitative data to support the article. It can be concluded from the research carried out in this article that the nutritionist is the qualified and indicated professional to prevent and treat NCDs, and their performance in society can reduce health costs, as well as lower the prevalence of diseases by adopting diet therapy as prevention and treatment of chronic noncommunicable diseases.
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