Dietitian in Chandigarh

The primary care providers (PCPs) refer infants, children and teens to the registered dietitian for a variety of reasons. A dietitian can assist families in areas such as growth or weight issues, picky eating, sports nutrition, food allergies, high cholesterol, iron deficiency, and many other medical conditions where medical nutrition therapy is beneficial.

During the session, the dietitian will take a diet history, assess current eating and exercise habits, and devise an individualized strategy for healthful eating with each patient and family

The dietitian frequently sees patients for picky eating, sports nutrition, vegetarian/vegan diets, weight management, underweight or failure to thrive, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diagnosed food allergies, celiac/gluten intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome, metabolic syndrome and lipid abnormalities.

You can schedule an appointment by calling our office during regular business hours.

The term nutritionist has no legal definition or requirements. All registered dietitians are also considered nutritionists but not all nutritionists are registered dietitians.

Many insurance plans now include nutrition benefits. In most cases, our benefit and eligibility specialists will check to see if your plan includes nutrition benefits prior to scheduling your appointment. If you do not have benefits, you can sometimes use flexible spending accounts to pay for dietitian services. Some plans require a certificate of medical need from your child’s PCP in order to use FSA or HSA funds for dietitian services. Our staff can assist you in providing this form if needed.

A registered dietitian has a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in an accredited dietetics program, a year of supervised clinical practice and has passed a national registration exam. Most dietitians also have a master’s degree. To maintain the credential, dietitians have to regularly complete continuing professional education coursework