Nutrition Counseling
Our registered dietitians and food specialists are here to support you and can help you feel better.
MetroHealth's Nutrition Services team includes registered dietitians, dietetic technicians and diet clerks who strive to ensure that all patients receive proper nourishment for optimal health and healing.
- Clinical dietitians work closely with you and your doctor to create a customized menu for your nutritional needs.
- If you are in our intensive care unit, our certified nutrition support specialists use their advanced training in critical care nutrition to provide the right nourishment your body needs to heal.
- If you are receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment, a registered dietitian certified in oncology nutrition supervises your special cancer diet needs.
Every day, our highly trained food specialists analyze the nutritional needs of patients—from those who are critically ill to those who need routine checkups. We have programs for people who want to make lifestyle changes to stay healthy. Our registered dietitians highlight vital food changes for people with high blood pressure, and our pediatric dietitians help anxious parents cope with a child's food allergies.
Inpatient Nutrition Services
Our dietitians evaluate your nutritional needs and establish a nutrition plan with the goal of providing optimal nourishment. If you need help eating right to continue healing after discharge from the hospital, you'll be referred to our outpatient nutrition services.
Our inpatient team has extensive experience providing nutrition through alternative feeding methods for trauma patients and people who are unable to digest food because of blockage or disease. Our dietitians are highly trained in the science of parenteral nutrition (intravenous feeding) as well as trophic feeding (slow-dripping nutrition products via a tube).
For critically ill patients or those in intensive care, our nutritional specialists assess calorie, protein and fluid needs. Our dietitians work closely in concert with surgeons and physicians, adjusting a patient's dietary needs based on changes in medications or the latest lab report.
Outpatient Services
The staff in our outpatient clinic provides nutritional management and counseling about eating right and crafts diet plans for a variety of medical conditions, including:
- Celiac disease
- Chronic kidney disease
- Diabetes (including group classes held in our Diabetes Self-Management Program)
- Food allergies
- Heart failure
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Home enteral/tube feeding
- Liver and gastrointestinal disease
- Obesity and weight management
- Cancer
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Your Individual Diet Plan
MetroHealth's Nutrition Services team includes registered dietitians, dietetic technicians and diet clerks who strive to ensure that all patients receive proper nourishment for optimal health and healing.
- Clinical dietitians work closely with you and your doctor to create a customized menu for your nutritional needs.
- If you are in our intensive care unit, our certified nutrition support specialists use their advanced training in critical care nutrition to provide the right nourishment your body needs to heal.
- If you are receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment, a registered dietitian certified in oncology nutrition supervises your special cancer diet needs.
Every day, our highly trained food specialists analyze the nutritional needs of patients—from those who are critically ill to those who need routine checkups. We have programs for people who want to make lifestyle changes to stay healthy. Our registered dietitians highlight vital food changes for people with high blood pressure, and our pediatric dietitians help anxious parents cope with a child's food allergies.