NUTRITION 

Heart Health Program  
Have you been told by your Health Care Provider that you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or a family history of premature heart disease? Click HERE and learn how to make changes in your nutrition, physical activity, medications, stress and other aspects of our everyday living can play a role in improving our heart health.  

Mindfulness for Healthy Eating
This group program will benefit those who may be frustrated with years of dieting and are looking for a different approach. This 8-week interactive group program is run by a dietitian and a social worker and uses Intuitive Eating, Craving Change, Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. By working through these approaches and practicing new tools, participants will begin to develop a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.  

ACT for Metabolic Health  
A lifestyle management program utilizing diet and behavioural management interventions. Patients will have a plan created based on their metabolic disease and personal preferences which will include a whole food, low carbohydrate diet within time-restricted eating windows. This program is led by Physician consultant and in collaboration with NYFHT Registered Dietitians, Pharmacists and Social Workers. Follow up with the Physician consultant may be made at 6 months if necessary, which will require another referral from the Family Physician. 

Current wait times for the next session: 11 weeks

Registered Dietitian Individual Patient Appointment Wait Times

(based on when patient calls to begin the appointment process)

Registered Dietitian: 11 weeks

We kindly remind all patients who have been referred to the NYFHT Registered Dietitian Program for one of the above services that they must call reception to begin the appointment process. Referrals made without a patient call will not be scheduled for an appointment.

We are a team of Registered Dietitians that provide one on one support for a variety of nutrition-related concerns, such as:  

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, GERD, Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis  

  • Unintentional Weight Loss, Poor Appetite  

  • Cancer  

  • Osteoporosis/Osteopenia  

  • Heart Health  

  • Kidney Health  

  • Pregnancy and Nutrition  

  • Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition  

 We also provide these opportunities for group education.