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Individual Nutrition Counseling

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Mercy Center for Weight Reduction offers personalized nutrition counseling by Registered Dietitians (RD). We believe that what you eat plays a vital role in helping you achieve and maintain good health.

Our dietitians perform a complete nutrition assessment that includes the patient’s nutrition and lifestyle factors. Based on this assessment, they help each patient identify practical and achievable nutrition goals and develop an individualized nutrition treatment plan that matches the individual’s lifestyle and preference.

Individual nutrition counseling is available for:

  • High cholesterol
  • High blood pressure
  • Cardiovascular complications
  • Diabetes
  • Weight management
  • Sports nutrition
  • Anorexia
  • Celiac sprue
  • Fructose intolerance
  • Kidney disease

For more information or to schedule an personalized nutrition counseling session, please call Outpatient Scheduling at (515) 247-4444.

 


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Mercy Center for Weight Reduction
Mercy Capitol

603 E. 12th Street                  View Map

Des Moines, IA 50309

(515) 643-0556


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Body Mass Index

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.