Special Services

Diabetes Education/Management

Individualized one-to-one diabetes education is available in English or Spanish from our certified diabetes educator and registered dietitian. Whether you are newly diagnosed or need to refresh your self-management skills to improve blood glucose control, tailored education sessions can be provided to meet your educational needs.

Some of the areas covered in the sessions include:

• Learning to use a glucose meter
• Establishing blood glucose target goals
• Observing food/glucose record for patterns
• Meal planning for blood glucose and weight management
• Carbohydrate budgeting
• Insulin dosing and correction factors

Medical Nutrition Therapy

We all know that what we eat can influence our health yet making changes in our daily food habits can be a challenge. Our registered dietitian nutritionist is available three days each week to provide medical nutrition therapy to our patients working on preventing disease and/or treating the following conditions:

• Diabetes
• High cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Child Obesity
• Gluten Intolerance
• Kidney Disease
• Weight Management
• Bariatric Nutrition (preparing for weight loss surgery)
• Prenatal Nutrition
• Vegetarianism
• Wellness

Ask your Northridge Family Physician for a nutrition referral.