Nutrition Counseling
Appointment Details
Cost
U of I Students: $20 per session
Approximate session length
Initial sessions are 60 minutes. Follow up appointments are 45 minutes.
How to schedule an appointment
Email mrudley@uidaho.edu to schedule an appointment with Marissa Rudley, registered dietitian.
What is Nutrition Counseling?
In a nutrition counseling appointment, the campus dietitian works with a student to assess their dietary patterns and provides education, strategies and personalized feedback.
Appointments can be made with the campus dietitian for a variety of reasons:
- Establish a basic healthy eating pattern
- Weight management
- Food allergies, sensitives or intolerance
- Balanced vegetarian or vegan diets
- Diabetes medical nutrition therapy
- Disordered eating — bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder
- Intuitive eating skills
- Sports nutrition specifically tailored to student athletes
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Gastrointestinal issues
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Prenatal nutrition
Lifestyle changes are encouraged in the form of nutrition and physical activity. This approach is found to increase a person’s ability to reach and maintain a healthy weight for life rather than the usual dieting approach that creates only temporary results. Each counseling appointment is individualized and focuses on creating a collaborative, supportive environment for lasting behavior change. Whether you are interested in a one-time meeting or multiple sessions, an individualized plan can be developed for you.