Nutrition Counseling Clinic at the Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore
在 UCSF营养咨询诊所, registered dietitians provide dietary assessments and nutrition counseling to help treat and prevent disease. We individualize nutrition counseling sessions to meet your needs and optimize your well-being.
We have two clinics in San Francisco: one at the Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and one at the UCSF Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore. Please make note of the location for your appointment.
除了, many of UCSF's adult and pediatric specialty clinics offer on-site nutrition assessment and counseling.
For adult patients interested in weight loss, UCSF offers a 体重管理计划 through the general internal medicine department. The pediatric weight management program, Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health, is available through the pediatric department.
Common conditions in which nutritional intervention plays an important role include:
- 肥胖
- High cholesterol and other lipid disorders
- 糖尿病
- 高血压
- 充血性心力衰竭
- 肝 或者肾脏疾病
- Digestive disorders such as celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease, as well as 便秘, 胃灼热 更常见的消化问题
- 食物过敏和不耐受
- 营养不足
- 怀孕 以及其他女性健康问题
我们的服务
During counseling sessions, the dietitian will provide:
- Assessment of your current eating habits and medical conditions
- Nutrition recommendations based on current scientific evidence
- Strategies to help you achieve a healthy and balanced diet
- 个性化膳食计划指南
- Medical nutrition therapy (the management of medical conditions through nutritional intervention)
一般营养咨询
给没有疾病的病人, the UCSF营养咨询诊所 also offers nutrition counseling to promote wellness and help prevent disease. This service does not require a 推荐 from your physician or nurse practitioner. 这些预约都是自费的. Please call the clinic for more information.
了解更多关于营养的知识 病人教育组.
保险
保险 plans do not always cover nutrition counseling for medical nutrition therapy.
If your doctor is a member of Hill Physicians or Brown & Toland Physicians, your nutrition appointment will be preauthorized. For all other medical groups or insurance companies, it may be necessary to obtain preauthorization for nutrition counseling services. Please contact the company to determine whether nutrition counseling services will be covered. You may be required to pay for your appointment if your insurance does not cover counseling for medical nutrition therapy.
Nutrition counseling appointments for wellness and disease prevention are self-pay only.
If you have specific questions about self-pay fees, please call the UCSF营养咨询诊所 at (415) 353-2291.
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要带什么
- 对于医学上的营养疗法，一种书面的 推荐 from your doctor or nurse practitioner is required. Please bring the 推荐 to your appointment, if it hasn't already been mailed or faxed to the appropriate UCSF营养咨询诊所. By law, you must have a written 推荐 to receive medical nutrition therapy.
- A copy of the results of any recent lab tests if they were performed somewhere other than at UCSF. Or ask your doctor to fax lab results to us at (415) 514-4359.
- A three-day food record: Before your visit, write down everything you eat and drink for three consecutive days, 如果可能的话
- Please make note of the clinic location for your appointment
