Nutrition Services
Nutrition Counseling for Eating Disorders
Nutrition Balance provides nutrition counseling for eating disorders in West Hartford Center — one-on-one with Romely Ritoli, R.D., CD-N, in person or by telehealth, with fees reimbursed by several health plans. Counseling offers support and structure for meal planning, balanced nutrition education, and collaboration with your multidisciplinary treatment team.
In the United States, anorexia nervosa or bulimia affect 1 million males and 10 million females — life and death eating disorders. 40% of newly identified cases of anorexia are girls 15–19 years old, and it has the highest rate of mortality of any mental illness. Millions more struggle with binge eating disorders. Due to shame and secrecy many cases remain unreported.
What are the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder?
- Diets even though already thin
- Avoiding situations where food is available
- Distorted body image
- Complains of being tired, cold, and depressed
- Eating large amounts of food
- Frequent trips to the bathroom
- Eating when full
- Frequently eating alone
- Excessive rigid exercise
- Fear of becoming fat
How a Registered Dietitian helps
Eating disorders are complex and devastating conditions which affect individuals from every walk of life, age group, all ethnicities and races. They are not fads, a choice to endure, and have serious consequences on an individual's health. Eating disorders are treatable and have a greater outcome if treatment is attained earlier.
A Registered Dietitian provides support and structure for meal planning when needed, educates patients on a balanced pattern of nutrition and collaborates with the multidisciplinary treatment team to help individuals achieve and maintain a healthy weight for optimal recovery. A dietitian can help dispel pervasive dietary myths that often perpetuate eating disordered behaviors.
Medical Nutrition Therapy and Nutrition Counseling for:
- Eating Disorders
What My Nutrition Services Include
- Private consultations for individuals and families.
- Initial 1–1½ hour session for health and nutrition history, goal setting and meal planning.
- Individual follow-up sessions or packages to reinforce dietary modifications and further nutrition education.
- Credit cards, checks, cash accepted. Fees reimbursed by several health plans.
- Telehealth or in-person appointments are available.
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