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The Hamilton Family Health Team has over 20 registered dietitians (RDs) working in more than 160 family physician offices in the city providing team-based care for you and your family. Registered dietitians are specially trained to provide medical nutrition therapy to promote health, prevent illness and manage many of the common conditions we see in family practice.
Appointments
You may request an appointment with a registered dietitian by speaking with your family doctor or nurse. All visits are covered by the Ontario Ministry of Health for patients of the Hamilton Family Health Team.
What do I do if I have a nutrition question?
- Click on our form to submit a question to our nutrition team!
- You can also access a registered dietitian through the Telehealth Ontario phone line at 1- 866-797-0000. Telehealth dietitians are available to provide nutrition advice in English, French and other languages, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Get answers to your questions from reliable websites such as:
- www.UnlockFood.ca
- www.dietitians.ca
- www.diabetes.ca
- Our nutrition page on this website
- Wondering about your diet? Check out Nutrition Screener to find out what is going well and what needs improvement in your diet. Screeners are available for toddlers, preschoolers and older adults.
What does a registered dietitian do?
- Helps you make changes in your eating and activity behaviours to improve your health or manage existing health conditions
- Works together with you to create a nutrition care plan to fit your lifestyle and preferences with a focus on setting small, realistic goals at each visit
- Works closely with your family physician, nurse, mental health counsellor and other team members to provide better care, together
- May recommend bloodwork to identify your nutritional needs and measure progress
- Discusses what, when, and how to eat to improve health and also explore the reasons behind why we eat the way we do
- Provides nutrition advice across the lifespan (from prenatal care and infancy to older adult care)
- Addresses weight concerns and disordered eating patterns
- Improves heart health by lowering cholesterol and high blood pressure
- Helps with chronic disease such as pre-diabetes, diabetes, kidney, cancer, osteoporosis
- Provides dietary strategies to manage gastrointestinal issues in irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, and food intolerances
- Gives you information about nutritional deficiencies including iron deficiency and pernicious anemia
Other resources
HFHT also offers several nutrition groups. You can see a list of them on this page. You may need a referral from your health care provider for some of the groups, and you need to be a patient of the Hamilton Family Health Team to be eligible for our groups.
We also have many nutrition webinars that are free and available to anyone. You can watch them on our YouTube page here.