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The primary goal of Health and Nutrition Education is teaching you to make informed, intelligent choices about your diet. Our dietitians and nutritionists work with you to set realistic goals for gradual weight loss and sustained maintenance.
Conditions and Treatments
The primary goal of Health and Nutrition Education is teaching you to make informed, intelligent choices about your diet. Our dietitians and nutritionists work with you to set realistic goals for gradual weight loss and sustained maintenance.
Nutrition is the root of good health, and our staff can teach you how to avoid the poor nutritional habits that, if left uncorrected, can develop into a host of maladies, from cardiovascular disease to obesity, depression and diabetes.
We work with you to develop healthy habits to prevent future health care problems from developing by using behavior modification strategies that work for you. Our staff members are registered nurses and registered dietitians with expertise in a wide variety of health and nutrition topics. We offer practical and reliable advice to:
Teach you about specific health issues
Answer your food and nutrition questions
Help you create plans for lifestyle changes
Provide continued guidance in adopting these changes
Appointments last approximately one hour and provide the time to discuss your specific health or nutrition issues in a private, comfortable and supportive setting.
Conditions
We offer nutritional therapy for a wide variety of conditions and topics, including:
Other Areas of Education and Guidance
Childhood eating or weight disturbances
Chronic failed dieting
Compulsive eating
Diverticulosis
Evaluating fad diets
Food allergies
Injection teaching
Insulin pump follow-up appointments
Nutritional adequacy
Nutritional supplements
Nutrition while breast feeding
Nutrition during pregnancy
Self-management education
Stomach and intestinal problems
Women's issues
Treatments and Services
Body composition analysis
Cholesterol management techniques
Community education classes about healthy eating and weight management
Exercise information and goal setting
Healthy cooking plans, including food preparation and vegetarian meal planning
Individual consultations and diet assessment conducted by registered dietician
Medical nutrition therapy sessions that discuss the adequacy of your diet, nutritional supplements, behavior modification, disease management, food preparation and more
Nutrition consultation and assessment
Personalized nutrition strategies that incorporate behavior modification and disease management and prevention