Family Dietitian and Nutritionist

A dietitian and nutritionist who provides nutritional counselling for families can help in numerous ways:

• Receive nutrition counselling from a family nutritionist and dietitian together as a unit or individually, if preferred.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the family’s dietary habits, preferences, and nutritional needs.
• Provide evidence-based family nutrition education to help family members make informed food choices and develop healthy eating habits.
• Assist families in creating balanced and nutritious meal plans that meet the needs of all members, taking into consideration individual preferences and dietary restrictions.
• Provide family meal ideas based on your lifestyle, food preferences, dietary conditions, food allergies, food skills, religious and cultural restrictions, and budget.
• Teach cooking skills and techniques to family members, including meal preparation, recipe modification, and healthy cooking methods.
• Prepare individual meal plans to help meet individual health and nutrition needs and goals of each member of the family.
• Offer guidance on grocery shopping strategies, such as creating shopping lists, navigating the grocery store aisles, and selecting nutritious foods on a budget.
• Educate whole families how much food each member should be eating as per their size, age, and gender, to stay healthy and robust.
• Educate families on proper food handling and storage practices to prevent food borne illnesses and ensure food safety at home.
• Work together with a pediatric nutritoinist to manage picky eating behaviour. Learn more: picky eating dietitian
• Encourage families to choose nutritious snacks that provide energy and essential nutrients between meals.
• Support families in making sustainable behaviuoral changes to improve their nutrition and overall health.
• Receive counselling from a dietitian and nutritionist for ADHD.
• Help address various co-existing conditions, nutritional needs and health and wellness goals of each family member.
• Work with a weight loss nutritionist, disordered eating dietitian, women’s health dietitian, gastrointestinal dietitian and more.
• Pick the brain of a family nutritionist and dietitian during nutritional counselling sessions.
• Debunk nutrition myths and misinformation on social media.
• Work in conjunction with a sports dietitian, specifically for young athletes, to support individual or family nutrition goals with physical exercise plans.
• Receive ongoing nutrition coaching sessions for accountability and modification, if needed.
• And more.