Nutrition Counseling for Better Health
Carroll Hospital Center's Outpatient Nutrition Counseling Service team of registered dietitians (R.D.) offers easy-to-follow, practical food and nutrition information that promotes and teaches individuals how to make healthy dietary choices and improve overall well-being.
How to Obtain Outpatient Nutrition Counseling Services
- Ask your physician to write a referral form for our services. Click here for a PDF of the referral form.
- Fax your referral form to our scheduling department at 410-840-4016.
- Once we have received your referral, we will contact you to set up an appointment. You may also call our scheduling department at 410-871-7678.
Our goal is to help individuals:
- Understand how diet affects medical conditions and illnesses
- Select foods based on nutritional science and guidelines
- Plan delicious meals that are nutritious, economical and well-balanced
- Read food labels properly
- Sort through nutrition misinformation
- Develop healthy nutrition practices into their daily lives
- Incorporate exercise into daily activities to improve or maintain fitness
Who We Serve
We serve individuals of all ages and with many different nutritional issues. Nutritional counseling addresses a variety of illnesses, conditions and concerns, including:
- Adolescents with food and nutrition issues
- Cancer
- Digestive and gastrointestinal conditions
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties)
- Eating disorders
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypoglycemia/low blood sugar
Pediatric Nutrition (pre-term infants, infants and children)
• Appropriate nutrition for age
• Breastfed infants
• Coordination with the Carroll County Infants and Toddlers Feeding Team
• Failure to thrive
• Food allergies
• Tube feeding management
• Weight management - Pregnancy
- Preventive nutrition strategies
- Sodium restrictions/low-salt diets
- Sports nutrition
- Vegetarianism