Nutrition

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center offers outpatient nutrition therapy services provided by a licensed, registered dietitian (RD) to assist you in managing your nutrition needs.

A registered dietitian is an expert specializing in food and nutrition science and who interprets nutritional needs throughout life. Proper nutrition is essential to healing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. St. Joseph offers a wide range of nutrition services for our patients.

Next Steps

Get a Referral

Contact your physician to obtain a referral. Your physician may be contacted by our staff to assist in the development of your personal nutrition plan.

Referral Form

Why is Nutrition Important?

Medical experts recommend that individuals follow a healthy diet, maintain an ideal body weight and exercise to help prevent the onset or progression of disease. If you have a personal or family history of heart disease, diabetes, cancer obesity or if you are concerned about your overall health, then you may want to meet with a dietitian for an individualized meal plan.

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Medical nutrition therapy includes a review of what you eat and your eating habits, a thorough review of your nutritional health, and a personalized nutrition treatment plan. Together with the dietitian, you will set nutrition goals to improve your health.

Individual outpatient appointments for adults and pediatrics include (but are not limited to) medical nutrition therapy for:

Weight management
Kidney disease
Heart disease
Food allergies
Pre-diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gastrointestinal disorders
Liver disease
Hypertension
Disordered eating