NDLE Community and Public Health Nutrition Practice Test

Applying the Nutrition Care Process to disease prevention, treatment, and management is called Medical Nutrition Therapy. The Nutrition Care Process is a structured framework that includes nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention, and monitoring/evaluation. When this process is used specifically to address disease conditions and guide care to prevent complications, treat the condition, and manage it over time, it becomes MNT.

For example, in diabetes care, MNT uses the NCP steps to tailor meal plans, timing, and education to help control blood glucose and overall health. The other terms describe the framework itself (the Nutrition Care Process) or a single component (diagnosis), not the full therapeutic application to disease states.