Weight Gain
Dietitian and nutritionist for weight gain will help develop a personalized meal plan that’s nutritionally-balanced and aimed specifically at helping you put on weight in a safe and sustainable manner.
Can a dietitian help with weight gain?
Absolutely. A registered dietitian can help you gain weight in a healthy, safe and sustainable way, no matter what the reason is for wanting or needing to gain weight.
How Can A Dietitian and Nutritionist Help You Gain Weight?
A dietitian and nutritionist can help you gain weight in the following ways:
- Provide evidence-based education on what you should weigh given your age, gender and size, as well as general nutrition needs.
- Discuss the importance of a healthy weight and why gaining weight is recommended.
- Examine the cause(s) of weight loss.
- Analyze your diet and look for areas that require change, improvement or simple tweaking to help with weight gain.
- Take a close look at your eating behaviours and provide suggestions for improvement, if needed or desired.
- Help identify and introduce foods that are higher in calories while still nutrient-dense.
- Create a personalized meal plan with the explicit goal of gaining weight.
- Help ensure adequate food intake throughout the day.
- Help ensure adequate intake of macronutrients in your meals.
- Outline various strategies to gain weight: eat small, nutrient-dense foods more frequently throughout the day, prep nutritious snacks for when on-the-go, perhaps incorporate smoothies and shakes and many more.
- Provide regular check-ins to monitor progress, make adjustments and answer questions, if applicable.
- Provide accountability and support as you implement changes to your diet.
- Address co-existing conditions (gut health, hormones, dysphagia, eating disorders: ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, et al.).
- Address various dietary conditions and special diets, if desired.
- Pick the brain of a weight gain dietitian and nutritionist during nutritional counselling sessions.
- In addition to working with a weight gain dietitian and nutritionist, you can book an appointment with a sports nutrition specialist, specifically, one that focuses on muscle gain and strength training, if desired.
- And more.
Related Services
Where to find our weight gain dietitians and nutritionists?
Our team of dietitians and nutritionists service clients in-person from the following locations: Dietitians downtown Toronto, Scarborough, Mississauga, Ottawa, Hamilton, Vaughan, Vancouver and dietitians in Halifax.
Contact us for a no-obligation phone consultation during which we can:
✓ outline how working with a nutritionist and dietitian looks like
✓ discuss your needs and goal(s)
✓ explain how billing and pricing work
✓ address concerns about insurance, if any
✓ answer any other questions
Also Available For Virtual Counselling
In addition to servicing clients in-person our dietitians and nutritionists who provide nutrition services to help clients gain weight also conduct sessions virtually with clients from across Canada and beyond.
For more information on the services offered in each city, visit: dietitian Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Saint John, Moncton, Fredericton, Charlottetown, St. John’s NL, Montreal.