GLP-1 therapies produce rapid weight loss, and a meaningful share of it is lean tissue. Where monitoring falls short, and the questions a dietitian expert witness can address.

Adult eating disorders carry serious, measurable nutritional and medical risk. The dietitian's defined scope in expert work, and the questions that can and cannot be answered.

Malnutrition is common in cancer and affects treatment tolerance and outcomes. Where nutritional care falls short, and the questions a dietetic expert witness can address.

Dehydration in hospital patients is a distinct clinical negligence issue from malnutrition, with its own failure patterns and causative mechanisms. A dietitian expert witness can assess fluid management, monitoring failures, and whether dehydration contributed to deterioration or death.

Care home malnutrition negligence is an increasing area of clinical litigation. A dietitian expert witness can assess whether nutritional screening, care planning, and dietary intervention met an acceptable standard in care home settings and whether failures caused harm.

Bariatric surgery negligence claims frequently involve failures in pre-operative assessment, post-operative monitoring, and long-term nutritional support. A dietitian expert witness can determine whether the standard of nutritional care met professional guidelines and whether failures caused harm.

When a patient dies in hospital and nutrition may have been a factor, a dietitian expert witness can assist the coroner in determining whether nutritional care met an acceptable standard and whether it contributed to the outcome. A practical guide for legal professionals and coroners.

When does failure to weigh a patient become negligence? A dietetic expert witness explains how weight trends influence foreseeability and breach analysis.

Learn when weight loss after brain injury becomes a concern, including causes, risks, and when it may indicate inadequate nutritional care.

When nutrition is overlooked, duty of care is breached. Expert Witness Rick Miller explains how early dietetic action prevents litigation.