Nutrition Services & Counseling
Services
Henderson Health Care’s registered dietitian (RD) is licensed by the State of Nebraska to provide clinical nutrition services to Henderson Community Hospital patients, Legacy Square, and Rosewood Court residents and members of the community.
Dietitians work closely with physicians, nurses, and other professional staff to meet individual nutritional needs. All newly-admitted hospital patients are screened for nutritional risk and offered nutrition education as indicated.
The department provides nutritional assistance for medical conditions such as:
Weight Loss
Diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
Cancer
Gastrointestinal disorders
Wounds and skeletal injuries
Food allergies
Kidney disease
The outpatient nutritional counseling program focuses on helping individuals learn to make healthy food choices and lifestyle changes. Weight management, sports nutrition, and eating disorders counseling is also available. A physician referral is not required for individual outpatient nutrition counseling.
Counseling
Whatever your ambition — losing weight, increasing energy, changing food habits, preventing disease or complications from a current medical condition — outpatient nutrition counseling at Henderson Health Care provides you with the knowledge to help you succeed in improving your overall health.
Our goal is to encourage you to make gradual long-term changes in your eating habits and lifestyle, by providing support and advice along the journey.
Caring for Your Health
We provide individualized nutrition plans for a variety of conditions including:
- Diabetes
- Gestational Diabetes
- Elevated Cholesterol and Triglycerides
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Celiac Disease
- Healthy Nutrition
- Pregnancy
- Osteoporosis
- Weight Management
- Weight Loss Surgery Consultations
- Unexpected Weight Loss
Contact Ashley Freeman, RD, LMNT at (402) 723-4008.
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