Family-Centered Nutrition Care

At Healthier Tomorrows, we enjoy partnering with families and caregivers to provide support, education, and affirmation around nourishing the entire family.  We can discuss individualized nutrition needs to help foster growth and development, to support hectic schedules, busy school days and myriad afterschool commitments! We understand the challenges of busy families and that having knowledge, ideas, and assistance with planning can make things go more smoothly for caregivers and kids!

We can provide support with many nutrition related issues including sensory issues with food; picky eating; disordered thinking about food; digestive concerns; food allergies; and questions or concerns about overall growth and development.  We also know that caring for a child or adolescent’s nutritional needs doesn’t end when the session does! Family-centered nutrition care brings caregivers into the process as partners. We can help empower the family and caregivers to learn about the nutrition plan of care alongside their loved one, being present in the ways that are most comfortable and supportive for the family, and helping to implement change at home without restriction, judgement, or perfectionism.

Family-centered nutrition care can mean meeting individually with the client and then following up with caregivers afterwards via email, real time consultations or phone calls; joint sessions with the client and family member(s); or splitting session time between family and client.  We can also provide practical help with meal planning and grocery shopping, along with supported family meals.  All of these options can help to facilitate a partnership focused on communication, respect, and compassion. These components together help to foster lasting nutrition behavior change long after a session has ended. We welcome families to attend sessions consistently for support and, once they have progressed beyond the need for regular sessions with their dietitian, to check in when needed as the child or adolescent moves through different stages of growth and development.