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Nutritional Counseling & Health Program

Home Nutritional Counseling & Health Program

Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy in Northern California

Education and counseling on food facts with behavioral and lifestyle changes is given to patients with a variety of conditions and illnesses. The goal is to impact long-term eating habits and health. A Registered Dietitian (RD) guides the patients to establish personal goals and guides them in their progress over subsequent visits. Conditions and illnesses include the following:

Heart Diseases: high blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglycerides, congestive heart failure
Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2
Disease Prevention: general wellness
Disorders of the gut: celiac disease, cirrhosis, Crohn’s disease, gluten intolerance
HIV/AIDS
Food allergies and sensitivities
Nutritional Support: oral, enteral, parenteral
Cancer
Pediatrics: infant/child feeding, failure-to-thrive, inborn errors of metabolism
Pulmonary Disease: COPD
Kidney Disease: insufficiency, chronic failure, transplantation
Weight Management: Underweight/Overweight/Obesity
Women’s Health: pregnancy
Anemia
Osteoporosis

Diabetes Classes

Each class is designed to help patients learn in a fun and positive setting. You will learn skills to manage your diabetes and maximize your health. These classes ill help you understand many important facts.

Healthy eating
Basic carbohydrate counting
Using the results of your blood glucose levels
The role of medication
Benefits of exercise
Signs of high and low blood glucose
Goal setting

Diabetes Classes offered in Chico, Oroville, and Yuba City Medical.

If you are an Ampla Health Patient, you may request a referral to one of our Registered Dietitians today.

Mei Ohlson, RD
Chico Medical
M-F 8am-5pm

Mei Ohlson, RD
Los Molinos Medical
2nd Wednesday of the month

Mei Ohlson, RD
Yuba City Medical
T, W 8:30am-5pm

Mei Ohlson, RD
Lindhurst Medical
Th, F 8am-4:30pm

Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP) Classes at Ampla Health

DEEP is a licensed diabetes self-management education (DSME) curriculum developed by the University of Illinois, Chicago, and is evidence based.

DEEP classes:

Provide communities with tools to teach those with Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes, the importance of making changes in behavior and choices that lead to healthier lifestyles
Uses principles of empowerment for adult education
Has 6 Modules
Each Module is a weekly 2 – 2 ½ hour class
Classes are for 6 consecutive weeks

DEEP and Medicare? Everyone With Diabetes Counts (EDC) is a Medicare funded initiative that was re-launched on September 28, 2012 to help this population effectively self-manage their diabetes by learning about nutrition, exercise, self-monitoring, diabetes medications and community resources and support, among other important topics.

There is no cost to eligible beneficiaries to participate in the program
Medicare patients are preferred due to funding related expense, however, all Ampla Health patients with Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes are welcome
Ampla patients will require a Referral from their MD, prior to registering for the classes
At the end of each class, Weekly Action Plans are highly encouraged, with class members verbalizing their Action Plan, then follow up discussion on how those Action Plans were met or not met, at the next class
At the completion of the 6 Modules, “Graduates” will receive a “Certificate of Completion” which for some insurance carriers will be evidence, the patient has had diabetes education