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Dianne Oickle - Email
Registered Dietitian/
Public Health Nutritionist |
Meena Parameswaran - Email
Registered Dietitian/
Public Health Nutritionist |
Carole Chang - Email
Registered Dietitian/
Public Health Nutritionist |
The Registered Dietitians at the Health Unit provide credible nutrition information and can support you to make healthy choices to promote health and prevent chronic disease. Registered Dietitians at the Health Unit are resources for the public, health professionals and community partners. Our Registered Dietitians work with schools, workplaces, community organizations, parent groups, health professionals, and individuals to help make healthy eating possible for residents of the tri-county.
The Health Unit Registered Dietitians can:
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Work with organizations to help develop healthy eating guidelines
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Develop nutrition education resources on various topics
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Provide free nutrition resources, mailed directly to your home or workplace
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Deliver presentations to various groups (Presentations delivered based on Dietitian availability and meeting presentation criteria)
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Provide in-service education for healthcare professionals and community partners on current nutrition issues
Look for our Registered Dietitians:
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At community events and forums
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At community groups, including Good Food for a Healthy Baby and Baby Talk
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On the radio and television
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In the newspaper
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Working with a variety of community coalitions
The Registered Dietitians at the Health Unit do not provide individual ongoing nutrition counseling. If you require individual nutrition counseling, you will need a referral from your health care provider to consult with a Registered Dietitian at a local hospital. There may also be private practice dietitians in your community or at a local Community Health Centre that you may contact directly for individual nutrition counseling.
For more information about the nutrition services offered by the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, please contact your Public Health Dietitian/Nutritionist at our toll free Health Action Line at 1-800-660-5853 or 613-345-5685.
If you have general healthy eating questions, please call Eat Right Ontario’s toll free line at 1-877-510-5102 and a registered dietitian would be able to answer your questions. Or you can visit www.ontario.ca/EatRight to find useful nutrition tips, tools and resources to help you eat right and be healthy. |