Nutrition & diet counseling for individuals and community groups:

Newton Medical Center's Nutrition and Diet Counseling Service is designed to support the professional medical treatment of family physicians. Patients who need nutrition and diet help are referred to the counseling service by their physicians, and a nutritional program is then structured based on the individual's lifestyle and the doctor's diet prescription. All counseling sessions are conducted by registered dietitians and include: complete nutrition history, analysis of food intake, evaluation of nutritional status, diet instruction, and suggested menus. Follow up sessions include weight checks and question and answer counseling meetings. Periodic progress reports on the patient's status are sent to referring physicians.

Newton's outpatient nutrition counseling also helps businesses develop programs that meet the dietary and nutritional needs of their employees by offering counseling, individual and group weight loss programs, cholesterol control programs, etc. Special sports nutrition programs are also available for local high schools.

Diet / Nutritional consultation programs include information on the following subjects:

• Normal nutrition
• Weight reduction
• Weight gain
• Diabetes
• Gestational diabetes
• Hypoglycemia
• Heart disease
• Fat and cholesterol
• Gluten free
• Sodium restrictions
• Diverticular disease
• Pregnancy / breastfeeding
• Kidney disease
• Sports nutrition

Specialized nutrition programs can be tailored to meet the specific needs of corporate and community groups, and speakers are available for talks to business and community associations.

To arrange an appointment call (973) 579-8340