Dietitian Outpatient Services
Joseph Brant Hospital offers an outpatient diet counselling program with Registered Dietitians (RD) who are specialized in treating a variety of health issues through a variety of diet-based treatments.
Please note that at this time we are unable to offer dietitian services when weight loss is the patient’s primary goal.
*Please fax outpatient referral forms to 905.681.4879 (Ambulatory Care)
ADULT Outpatient Diet Counselling
- Gastro Intestinal disorders/diseases (eg; IBS, Celiac’s, Crohn’s/Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis, Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis, Anemia, Ostomies)
- Heart healthy cholesterol & blood pressure
- Renal Impairment
- Liver Disease
- Reactive Hypoglycemia
- Food Intolerances/Allergies/Sensitivities
- Failure to Thrive/requiring weight gain
- COPD
- Cancer via JBH Cancer Clinic (on site)
- Heart Failure via JBH Heart Function Clinic (on site)
PAEDIATRIC Outpatient Diet Counselling
(ONLY for children over the age of one year):
- GI disorders/diseases (as above)
- Food Allergies/sensitivities/aversions/fussy eaters
- Failure to Grow/Obesity
- Diabetes Mellitus via JBH Paediatric Diabetes Clinic (as well as Gestational Diabetes Clinic)
For infants 0-12 months, please refer to a Paediatrician or MAC.
Specialized ADULT RD diet education & counselling
This includes health issues such as, Eating Disorders (Youth or Adult), Adult Diabetes Mellitus, or Adult Dialysis. Please refer to the following programs:
- Halton Eating Disorders Clinic Phone: 905-845-2571 ext. 4900, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville
- Halton Diabetes Program Phone: 1-855-223-6847 (Mississauga Halton Referral Intake Service), The Brant Centre, Burlington
- Burlington Dialysis Centre Phone: 905-319-6572, JBH Wellness House, Lower level, 2160 Itabashi Way
NOTE: JBH inpatient RDs provide initial education, including insulin to carbohydrate counting. The Diabetes Program RD continues this education and follow-up in the community.
Specialized PAEDIATRIC RD diet education & counselling
This includes: Cleft Palate, Oncology, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Cystic Fibrosis, Tube-feeding, Renal, Seizure
disorders and infants.
Please contact McMaster Children’s Hospital.
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