How we can help health centre s                         

If you run a health centre or a local GP service, we can supplement your existing services so that you can provide a more complete service to your patients and customers. Diet Specialist only uses registered dieticians and medical doctors with specialist training in dietetics, hence you can be confident in the advice we are providing. We appreciate that you may already address dietary issue in your clinic, however we can supplement this with:
 
 
  • One to one consultation with patients or customers that are overweight
  • Shopping receipt analysis of a parents shopping and the production of a detailed report.
  • E-mail fact sheets to teachers and parents.
  • A question and answer service.
  • Lecture and seminars aimed at your staff, patients or customers.
 
One to one consultation with patients or customers that are overweight
This is one of our primary service and can be offered to patients or customer on your site, between 9 to 5pm. We can ensure minimal disruption, by limiting the consultation to a 20 minute weekly session and provide the patient/customer with the support they need to stay healthy. In each consultation, we will provide:
 
  • Anthropometric measurements (weight, height, body frame check, and full body measurement).
  • Body Mass Index check
  • Metabolic rate assessment to establish if you have a slow or a fast metabolism.
  • A full analysis of their current food intake, through examining their shopping receipt. See [here] for more details
  • Ideal weight assessment. 
  • Individual diet and lifestyle check and plan supported by educational materials. 
  • Motivation, counselling, encouragement and support with regular follow ups. 
 
We will then apply our six step approach as per [this link] to help your customers/patients reach their optimal weight.
 
Shopping receipt analysis report
Where customers/patients  are not keen on a one-to-one consultation, they can still gain detailed nutritional advice from something as simple as their shopping receipt. Through our extensive knowledge of shopping food labelling and our nutritional information database, we can assemble a low cost report that provides a detailed summary of the food purchased by parents. In this report we will show:
  1. The top five and bottom five foods in terms of calories, saturated fat, sugars, salt, protein and fibre.
  2. We will provide a summary of the number of additives contained in the food.
  3. We will identify which foods could potentially cause allergies.
  4. We will identify how many countries the food has been purchased from, to help you reduce your carbon footprint.
  5. We will then summarise this information and also provide a separate report which provides a more comprehensive analysis of all the products purchased.
 
E-mail fact sheets to send to customers/patients
With the number of diets currently available in the market, it is easy for customers/patients to receive mixed messages about how they should eat healthily. At Diet Specialist we have developed a six step science based approach that helps individuals navigate this information and filter out the science from the marketing. As a quick and easy tool to help patients/customers stay healthy, we can provide six attractive e-mails that educate parents about nutrition and provides them with practical tips on how to stay healthy.
 
 
A question and answer service
It is difficult to obtain accurate nutritional advice, given the constant barrage of marketing claims about what diet is healthiest. In the NHS, doctors will employ Registered Dieticians to work alongside doctors to understand patients dietary needs. Many slimming organisations are not run by dieticians. Some are run by nutritionists who are not required to have any clinical experience and others are run by celebrities. At Diet Specialist, our question and answer service is run either by a Registered Dietician or a Medical Doctor with the appropriate specialist training. This will ensure that patients/customers receive accurate advice.
 
 
Food labelling tours
If your customer or patient would like a more comprehensive understanding of food labelling, we can provide them with a food labelling tour where we take them to a food outlet and physically demonstrate how to choose foods that are more healthy. 
 
 
Lectures and seminars, 1-1.5 hours, half day and full day seminars
Our seminars and lectures are guaranteed to be interesting and interactive and will help to provide your patients or customers with a comprehensive understanding of their dietary requirements. Our lectures topics include:
 
Health seminars - on a topic of your choice
We provide diet and disease workshops, provide and deliver health events including health awareness days in addition to supplementing the existing health events in GP practices, health/sports centres, primary care trusts, and hospitals. These services can be between  ½ day to 1 day and can be based on various topics of your choice. These could include heart disease, diabetes, weight loss and smoking cessation and can link in with the various charities and organisations that specialise in these areas. In these talks we will work with the wider medical profession and form a multi-disciplinary team that can provide broad medical advice. With a mixture of seminars and e-mail campaigns, posters and lectures we will provide a comprehensive service that addresses major health issues, in conjunction with doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and dieticians.
 
The science behind nutrition in one digestible session
In this seminar, we will apply our six step science based approach to provide a thorough and comprehensive understanding of nutrition. The seminar will highlight the key issues around dieting, covering the different types of diets and what needs to be considered for those who have special needs. We will explore lifestyle choices that affect our diet and how to increase our metabolism. In addition we will highlight the major nutritional myths that are currently being purported and explore how food is currently labelled so as to help attendees distinguish marketing from fact. The session will be an interactive and educational session where attendees will be taught how to make informed decisions about what they eat in one digestible session. 
 
You are what you eat, but what am I eating? An explanation of food labels
Food labels can be very confusing and with food manufacturers constantly releasing new terminology and marketing claims, people are often left bemused about what food choices they should make. In this seminar we will help you navigate all of this information and provide clear and accurate advice about food labelling. We will explain what the key labelling terms mean and examine marketing terminology such low fat, light and no added sugar. We will scrutinize what the different additives in food mean and review  the effectiveness of supplements such as vitamin tablets and protein shakes. Based on extensive experience of explaining food labelling, this lecture will provide extremely useful and practical advice for the next time you head out food shopping. 
 
Eating for more than two - how to help your children stay health
The cause of unhealthy eating can often be because of the food preferences of the children in a family, rather than those of the parents. With food manufacturers focusing large budgets on marketing to children, parents can often be left confused as to what foods they should buy. In this session, we will provide attendees with clear advise on the nutritional needs of their children, at each stage of their life. We will provide practical techniques for how parents can make their children’s food more interesting and colourful, catering to even the most fussy children. In addition we will provide advice on sweeteners, colourings and E-numbers and how they affect children’s behaviour, so that parents can build a happy family environment that will then filter into the workplace.
 
Health and disease – live a long and happy life
In this session will focus on the major causes of ill health and discuss how our eating habits can be modified to lengthen our life. Discussion will include better understanding of diabetes and obesity, allergies and coronary heart disease so that individuals can truly apply the maxim of 'better prevention than cure’. Because this session has been designed by a dietician, we have direct clinical experience of designing diets for patients with these diseases and a deep understanding of what impact our diet has, hence this session will avoid unnecessary medical jargon and focus on practical tips.