Individual Nutrition Counseling
Initial assessments: 90 minutes.
Follow-up sessions: 60 minutes.

Initial Assessment

· A medical, nutrition and weight history is obtained
· Current eating style is reviewed
· Nutrition and health objectives are discussed
· An appropriate treatment approach is determined
· Short- and/or long-term goal(s) are established
· Food and weight beliefs are explored
· Education process begins

What to Bring to the Initial Assessment?

· List of food and beverages eaten for 3 typical days, please include amounts actually eaten, name brands or restaurants, including one weekend day. Please refrain from changing your food intake on these days.

· List of physical activities and time spent on each one.

· List of medicines, vitamins, minerals, other herbs or supplements you are taking.

· Name, Address, Phone and Fax Number of each member of your healthcare team.

· A copy of Lab work if any was done within the last 3 months. Your physician can fax lab work and growth charts to Ellen at 919-851-7375. (Lab work usually comes back within normal limits. This does not mean you are without nutritional deficiencies or that you are in a healthy state. Your body has a great ability to keep your blood chemical levels within a certain range at the cost of other body systems.)

· Copies of all available growth charts or height and weight history from your pediatrician or primary care physician.

Follow-Up Sessions

· Discuss possible eating and lifestyle changes and how to facilitate that change

· Review goals/changes made to date, determine the appropriateness of their continuation and or establish new or additional goals

· Discuss any successes you have had

· Discuss current food and activity struggles

· Address food and nutrition concerns

· Provide continued health and nutrition education

· Encourage use of new coping strategies

· Explore and challenge food and weight beliefs

· Encourage self-acceptance and self-care skills

· Assist you in building your self-confidence in your ability to make changes

· Modification of treatment approach if appropriate

This page was last updated on 2/16/10