The Contour of Luxury Fall/Winter 2018 | Page 292

Alexis Alexis Day Day The The focus of of BH BH Dietitian is is focus Dietitian health and and nutrition. What are are health nutrition. What your areas of expertise? What do do your areas of expertise? What patients typically look look to achieve patients typically to achieve when they they approach you? when approach you? BH BH Dietitian Dietitian As As a medical nutrition therapist, I got trained to work with with people with with different a medical nutrition therapist, I got trained to work people different medical conditions. However, in my outpatient practice, I generally work with with medical conditions. However, in my outpatient practice, I generally work diabetics, cardiac, weight loss, loss, and and gastrointestinal patients to name a few. These diabetics, cardiac, weight gastrointestinal patients to name a few. These patients usually seek advice on on how to manage their medical condition by by patients usually seek advice how to manage their medical condition incorporating a healthy diet diet and and nutrition in their daily lives. incorporating a healthy nutrition in their daily lives. Alexis Alexis Day Day What is the process for for a new What is the process a new client who who seeks assistance from client seeks assistance from BH BH Dietitian? Dietitian? BH BH Dietitian Dietitian A welcome package will will be be sent sent to the client at the time time of scheduling their A welcome package to the client at the of scheduling their appointment. This This will will include a pre-visit nutrition questionnaire and and a 3-day appointment. include a pre-visit nutrition questionnaire a 3-day food diary to be prior to appointment date. This This allows me me to get to to food diary to completed be completed prior to appointment date. allows to get know my my client’s personal goals and and vision and and learn where they they are are now now and and know client’s personal goals vision learn where where they they want to go create an individualized plan plan for for them. where want to so go I so can I can create an individualized them.