At the Nutrition & Wellness Center, our team of nutrition experts can help you achieve your goals, including losing weight, increasing energy, lowering blood cholesterol and living a healthier life. In consultation with one of our registered dietitians, we can help you analyze nutrient and caloric content of your food intake; determine your nutritional requirements; provide the latest in nutrition information; develop a personalized nutrition plan based on your needs and goals; and make program adjustments that allow for success.

The Nutrition & Wellness Center offers medical nutrition therapy for a variety of health-related concerns including:

• Weight loss/management
• Diabetes
• Cholesterol management
• Hypertension
• Cancer
• Prenatal nutrition
• Eating disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders (such as, GERD, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease and irritable bowel syndrome)
• Osteoporosis
• Food allergies/intolerance
• Hypoglycemia
• Gastric bypass

Nutrition wellness services are also offered:

• Sports nutrition
• Healthy nutrition
• Vegetarianism
• Exercise consultations
• Tri/biathalon training

Our registered dietitians also provide a number of educational opportunities, including individual nutrition counseling, group nutrition classes, support groups, corporate nutrition and wellness programs, lectures and workshops and inservices for hospital staff.

Linda J. Lafferty, PhD, RD, is director of Food and Nutrition Services at Rush.