Everything that you eat, basically, impacts the way you look and feel. With vogue and trendy diets gaining popularity and then fizzling out, it is sometimes difficult to know what is actually healthy to eat.
Eating healthy doesn't mean trading in your favorite foods and snacks for celery sticks and carrots. Whatever you eat, you need to be aware of portion sizes, nutritional content and making smart food choices. Enforcing proper nutritional habits should be a goal for every individual and family.
Nutrition becomes even more serious if individuals have a chronic condition such as arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis or heart disease. They need to make changes in eating habits to maintain optimal health by improving things such as blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure.
Dieticians Provide Custom Nutritional Guidance
Virtua's registered dietitians assist individuals of all ages in making healthier choices by developing a food plan tailored to their needs. A registered dietitian can design a food plan based on:
- Lifestyle
- Food preferences
- Activity level
- Age
- Height
- Weight
- Medical history
The Virtua Center for Weight Management
Virtua’s Center for Weight Management can help you in your weight loss journey and work one on one with the nutrition experts – Virtua registered dietitians. Our team will help you every step of the way toward making the positive lifestyle changes necessary for a lifetime of healthier living. The Virtua Center for Weight Management includes:
- Consultations with a regisered dietitian
- Weight Management Packages
- Monitoring and support
- Pediatric & Adolescent Nutrition Counseling
- Get Fit Kids
Nutrition Counseling for Chronic Conditions
Virtua offers nutrition counseling for people managing chronic medical conditions such as:
- Diabetes
- Food allergies
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Obesity
Virtua's Center for Nutrition and Diabetes Care is available at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center at Washington Township. Certified diabetes educators work with patients to design a treatment plan, including what foods to eat, appropriate physical fitness, and management of blood sugar levels, medications and stress. Virtua's diabetes program is accredited by the American Diabetes Association.
Nutrition counseling is available at the center for patients of any medical diagnosis.
For more information about Virtua's programs, call 1-888-VIRTUA-3 (1-888-847-8823).