The Registered Dietitians at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, Lifestyle and Wellness have 98 years of combined experience in providing medical nutrition therapy for a wide variety of diseases and/or medical conditions. One of their specialty areas is the assessment, counseling, and educations for clients seeking bariatric (weight loss) surgery and/ore those who have had bariatric surgery. Their philosophy is to meet their clients where they are on their weight loss journey focusing on both group support and individualized care that is safe, healthy and realistic. Changing behavior and lifestyle habits can be difficult, especially when they relate to food and nutrition. It is important to our team to provide support and guidance to our clients in making lifelong changes.
Services & Specialties
Bariatric Nutrition Counseling
Nutrition counseling analyzes your personal health needs and makes recommendations based off exercise and eating habits and can be beneficial for anyone, especially those with diabetes. Counseling sessions are conducted by Registered Dietician Nutritionists, experienced in medical nutrition therapy and health education. Sessions are held on an individual basis. Family members are encouraged to attend when appropriate. Counseling includes three components:
- Assessment of individual health including current dietary intake, exercise patterns and lifestyle habits
- Goal setting to determine achievable health outcomes as well as body composition expectations
- Establishing an action plan to implement appropriate lifelong dietary changes. Action plans are tailored to each client
Bariatric Nutrition Services
The Registered Dietitians at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, Lifestyle and Wellness have 98 years of combined experience in providing medical nutrition therapy for a wide variety of diseases and/or medical conditions. One of their specialty areas is the assessment, counseling and education for clients seeking bariatric (weight loss) surgery and/or those who have had bariatric surgery. Their philosophy is to meet their clients where they are on their weight loss journey focusing on both group support and individualized care that is safe, healthy and realistic. Changing behavior and lifestyle habits can be difficult, especially when they relate to food and nutrition. It is important to our team to provide support and guidance to our clients in making lifelong changes.
Classes
Before Surgery (Pre-op classes)
- 1 month after surgery (post-op)
- 3 months after surgery (post-op)
Individual sessions (based on individual requirements)
- Individual
- Virtual
Long-term follow up as needed
Individualized plans to help you achieve your goal before and after surgery to include:
- Food log review
- Weigh ins
- Exercise recommendations
Cooking Demonstration
A Healthier You Begins in the Kitchen
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare Lifestyle & Wellness's Beginner Friendly Cooking Classes for the Entire Family
During the cooking class, you will learn how to prepare your kitchen, read recipes, get your ingredients ready and learn about meal prepping and meal planning to fit your lifestyle and health goals.
Join us for a delicious experience where you'll learn how to create healthy and satisfying meals from start to finish during a 2-hour cooking demonstration.
You'll watch a food demonstration, and we'll provide you with sample food for tasting and the recipe to take home.
What you get
- Learn how to prepare and cook new foods, as well as new cooking methods
- Tips on menu planning, food preservation and reducing food waste
- Learn basic knife and kitchen equipment skills
- Increase your knowledge of nutrition, portion control and label reading skills
- Food tasting
