Outpatient Diabetes Nutrition
Purpose & Mission:
To increase patient access to diabetes education in order
to promote optimal health and prevent the high costs and
complications of this disease.
Role of the Clinical
Nutritionist:
In partnership with university physicians, primary care physicians, and
nurse practitioners, the nutritionist will evaluate the
diabetes self care and nutritional needs of clients. Care is patient
focused and individualized with goal
setting acomplished based on patient needs and preferences.
All nutritionists are experienced Certified Diabetes Educators
(CDE),
Services Provided:
Our program has been recognized by the American Diabetes
Association (ADA) since 2000 with recertification
in 2006. Our team of educators are Certified Diabetes
Educators (CDEs), and our class cirriculum is structured around
the ADA standards of care.
Group classes provided include:
- Basic Nutrition
- Healthy Eating
- Carbohydrate Counting, Introductory and Advanced
- Weight Management
Individual coaching and medical nutrition therapy is available to persons with diabetes who need specialized carb counting and insulin adjustment, weight loss, lipid lowering, and kidney diets along with diabetes eating guidance.
MNT Provided & Outcomes:
DEMP shows consistent reductions of hemoglobin A1c, blood
cholesterol and other blood fats. Weight loss and reduction of
medicines occurs for some of our patients.
Treatment addresses both type 1 & 2 diabetes as well
as any of the following conditions when they co-occur with
diabetes: cardiovascular disease, hypertension, high cholesterol,
triglycerides, low HDL; kidney disease, obesity, gastroparesis,
osteoporosis, celiac disease/gluten enteropathy.
