Putting on weight.

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After an accident my husband has a bmi of 17.He has intestinal adhesions, needs to eat low cholesterol and low sugar foods. Dietician not helpful.What can he eat please to increase his weight.Thankyou.

Does he already have high cholesterol? The advice seems to be to add cheese & cream to increase calories, and that is definitely not low cholesterol!
There is a table on the link of suggested foods, but increasing portion sizes would help. Is he able to have any of the nutritional drinks such as Ensure or fortisip or anything? These are available on prescription but it might be worth a chat to the GP or pharmacist to see if any are suitable as there are loads of different ones.

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/patient-leaflet/dietary-advice-for-strictures-and-adhesions/
Poor appetite and losing weightIf you have a poor appetite or you are unintentionally losing weight, you may find the following information helpful:

• Eat little and often – try to eat 5 – 6 snacks/meals per day
• Use full fat and ‘thick and creamy’ varieties of foods, e.g. spreads for bread, yoghurts, milk and full sugar foods and drinks, i.e. avoid diet or low sugar varieties
• Add grated cheese into foods, e.g. soup, scrambled egg, mashed potatoes, sauces or sprinkle on top of foods, e.g. spaghetti bolognaise, shepherd’s pie and fish pie
• Add cream to soup, sauces, custard and desserts
• Spread butter/margarine thickly onto bread, crackers or toast
• Add jam, honey or syrup into puddings, cereal or bread