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Nutrition Services | Nutrition Connection
Sports Nutrition Services
"TIME-saving professional
nutrition intervention, brought to the physician's office"
Community Nutrition Services (CNS) is directed by Dr.
Susan Dahlheimer with Ann Roberts Jesick, M.D. serving as Medial
Director. Graduate Dietetic Interns in the Department of Food and Nutrition
provide counseling services.
Location: G08 McCarthy Hall
Phone: 724-357-HELP (4357)
Why Choose CNS:
CNS provides services for Indiana residents, IUP faculty and staff and IUP
students with medical needs. The goal of CNS is to provide high-quality
nutrition intervention and counseling in either a physicians office or in
the CNS office. CNS state-of-the-art preventive healthcare services are
convenient, comprehensive and cost effective and can help the physician
supply patients with an added value to the office visit.
CNS Specifically Provides:
- Nutrition
intervention to the community through counseling, education, and research
activities.
- Evaluate food intake,
health status, and blood composition using: computerized diet analysis,
cholesterol screening, body composition testing including bioelectrical
impedence, and glucose monitoring.
- Specialized counseling
for diabetes control, weight management, cholesterol control, eating
disorders, pregnancy, lactation, athletic training, general health and
wellness, high blood pressure, and other medical problems that require
nutrition intervention.
Here are some reasons why physicians should use our services:
- Patients are provided
with nutrition intervention at no cost to the physician.
- Our services shift
some of your workload to us, saving you and your staff time.
- Our services can be
reimbursed by many insurance companies, based on your patient's coverage
plan.
- We provide your patients
with up-to-date, accurate, and reliable information.
- We provide patients
with preventive nutritional counseling to avoid future nutrition-related
problems.
- We are professional
and empathetic to your patient's needs.
- Our services in your
office provide "one-stop service" - the patient can see you and receive
comprehensive nutrition counseling during one visit.
- Our services can increase
patient satisfaction.
Who can take advantage of our services?
- Practices that schedule
three or more clients in a single day.
- Practices that are
located within a 25-mile radius of Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Contact Susan
Dahlheimer with your nutrition questions.
Location: Lobby of Foster Dining Hall on Grant Street
Phone: 724-357-4797
Nutrition Connection Services are sponsored by the Department of Food and
Nutrition with support from the Foster Dining Hall and Student Cooperative
Association. Dr.
Susan Dahlheimer is the director of Nutrition Connection.
The purpose of Nutrition Connection is to provide pre-professional training
in nutrition intervention to junior and senior dietetics majors and provides
IUP students with information about nutrition for a variety of personal
concerns. The overall goal of Nutrition Connection is to promote healthy
eating and body weight with nutrition recommendations tailored to meet individual
needs, preferences, and goals.
Nutrition Connection offers nutrition assessment and intervention through
individual counseling. Services are provided by students who have completed
course work in wellness and clinical nutrition, and are currently enrolled
in FN463 Nutrition Counseling. A Registered Dietitian and IUP faculty member,
Dr. Susan Dahlheimer, teaches the course and supervises all of the services.
Services are also monitored by graduate students majoring in nutrition.
Nutrition Connection is a free service to IUP students concerned about healthy
eating habits, fitness, weight management, nutrition related medical problems,
or eating disorders.
Nutrition assessment services include all clients are offered a computerized
diet analysis as part of their program. Blood glucose testing and cholesterol
screening are offered periodically for a nominal fee.
Sports Nutrition Services (SNS), directed by Dr.
Rita Johnson and staffed by Department of Food and Nutrition
undergraduate and graduate students, is co-sponsored by the Departments
of Food and Nutrition and Sports Medicine.
Location: Basement of the Memorial Field House in the Rehab (Ready) Room
Phone: 724-357-3094
SNS is a nutrition service provided to coaches and athletes to assist in
optimizing their athletic performance through good nutritional habits.
The
goals of SNS are to:
- Inform and counsel
athletes and coaches about healthful nutrition habits.
- Assist the Departments
of Food and Nutrition and Sports Medicine with educating dietetic and
nutrition students as well as student trainers about sports nutrition.
- Provide sports nutrition
education and practical experience to Food and Nutrition graduate students.
Services provided include Individual Consultations, Team Presentations,
and Nutrition Nuggets. Individual (and group) Consultations that counsel
and educate athletes about several nutrition topics including: enhancing
athletic performance, gaining weight, losing weight, eating disorders, and
supplements. Team Presentations are 15-60 minute long presentations to teams
and camps regarding nutrition topics such as: the importance of carbohydrate
in performance, fluid replacement, protein needs, eating on the road, pre-
and post-competition eating, supplements, ergogenic aids, and safe and effective
weight loss or weight gain. Nutrition Nuggets are short 10-minute presentations
to athletes and coaches during study halls, right before practice, or just
after practice on topics including: specific ergogenic aids, snacking to
enhance energy, fluid replacement, eating on the road, weight loss, weight
gain, pre-competition meals, post-competition meals, carbohydrate loading,
and training diets.
In addition to the above services, SNS publishes a newsletter. |
