Diet services are supply services, with some aspects resembling Medication services: the detail of the diet is given as a description of the Material associated via Participation.typeCode="product". Medically relevant diet types may be communicated in the Diet.code attribute using domain ActDietCode, however, the detail of the food supplied and the various combinations of dishes should be communicated as Material instances.

Deprecation Note

Class: Use either the Supply class (if dealing with what should be given to the patient) or SubstanceAdministration class (if dealing with what the patient should consume)

energyQuantity: This quantity can be conveyed by using a Content relationship with a quantity attribute expressing the calories

**carbohydrateQuantity:**This quantity can be conveyed using a Content relationship to an Entity with a code of carbohydrate and a quantity attribute on the content relationship.