Nutrition Services
Whether you’re healthy and looking to stay that way; recovering from an injury, illness–or a pandemic 😊; or an athlete looking to get in top form, good nutrition is an important factor in achieving your goals.
Dietary considerations are vital for achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness, including:
- Lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, and obesity
- Management of chronic conditions and complication prevention
- Protection from disease and boost to immunity
- Increased injury and surgical recovery rates
- Achieving and maintaining healthy weight
The RVNAhealth comprehensive approach to wellness includes nutrition programming, weight management, and exercise prescriptions for all goals, activity levels, and age groups. Roll over an area of interest to learn more!
RVNAhealth Nutrition Services Include:
Nutrition Wellness Support
Fuel your body with nutritious foods that promote optimal health!
Ever thought about eating healthier?
Unsure of the best ways to fuel your body?
Want to achieve and/or maintain a healthy weight?
This supervised medical nutrition counseling and weight management program utilizes a customized, realistic dietary plan that considers lifestyle, budget, and weight goals.
15-minute complimentary phone consultation
1 hour - Initial visit
45 min – Follow-up visit
Family Nutrition Education
Education, resources, and recipes that best incorporate a loved one’s nutritional needs into a comprehensive care plan.
This sixty-minute individual or small group program is ideal for families, family caregivers, and clinicians helping patients to optimal health.
Available at RVNAhealth Ridgefield and New Milford locations, or virtually. In-home programming pricing available upon request.
Clinical Condition Nutrition Support
Manage chronic and acute health conditions through diet and activity. Ideal for improvement/management of clinical conditions like pre-diabetes, diabetes, arthritis, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure while limiting medication use.
Nutrition Counseling and Exercise Prescription: 3-session program:
90-minute initial visit [60-minute nutrition/30-minute exercise planning]:
Two 45 min follow-up visits: nutrition and/or exercise; dictated by client need
Sports Nutrition Counseling
Achieve optimal sports performance with individualized nutrition programming
Optimize training, improve performance, and enhance recovery at all stages of training. Specialties include:
Endurance sports: running, cycling, and swimming
Acro-athletes: as diving, yoga, gymnastics, and cheerleading
NCAA sports: basketball, baseball, football, softball, tennis, and golf
Weightlifting
15-minute complimentary phone consultation
1-hour Initial visit
45-minute Follow-up visit
Meet Monica Marcello, MS, RD
When pushing the grocery cart with one wobbly wheel through the grocery aisles we are bombarded with colorful packages bearing catchy slogans imploring us to choose one brand over another. Monica Marcello, MS, RD, a new addition to the RVNAhealth BeWELL team, wants us to forego the gimmicks and follow what many of us heard at the childhood dinner table, Mom’s finger wagging, eat your vegetables.
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I participated in a fantastic health awareness program with RVNAhealth and it was truly life changing. I learned so much valuable information about diet, habits, and supplements— among many other things — and I have and will continue to apply them to my life.”
W. Gannon Lionetti, Ridgefield, CT
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