PAMF Nutrition Services

A team of highly trained registered dietitians at Palo Alto Medical Foundation can provide you with evidence-based information about your nutritional needs, the latest guidance for healthy eating habits, and the safety of new diets, products and supplements. We offer numerous nutrition classes designed to prevent and treat disease and improve health for all ages.

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Healthy Eating, Healthy Lives

Proper nutrition is the key to maintaining health at all ages. Healthy eating leads to optimal growth and development in children, helps prevent high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and reduces the risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. And, it’s never too late to improve your eating habits. If you already have a chronic disease, dietary changes may help prevent complications.

When you need help understanding food choices, turn to registered dietitian nutritionists at Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Together, we can design a nutrition plan based on the most current research and your medical and nutritional needs and lifestyle.

A registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) is a trained expert in food and nutrition. In addition to earning a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university, registered dietitians complete at least 1,200 hours of supervised practice. They must pass a national exam (many also complete advanced education) and must maintain their certification through continuing education.

At PAMF, you can meet with a registered dietitian nutritionist for education, coaching and counseling to make lifestyle changes. We also offer all-ages intervention for nutrition-related diagnoses, such as gastrointestinal conditions (celiac, IBS, SIBO, IBD-Crohn’s, colitis), liver disease, kidney disease, food allergies, heart disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Topics that benefit from leading-edge nutrition guidelines include geriatric nutrition, women’s health, cancer prevention, diabetes management, integrative nutrition, weight management and sports nutrition. We can also provide the latest input and advice on vegetarian and vegan eating, menu planning, and vitamin and supplement information.

PAMF offers a variety of nutrition services and classes for adults and children, including:

One-on-One Counseling and Education with registered dietitians.
Childhood Nutrition Classes, including healthy eating for newborns or toddlers, sports nutrition, vegetarianism and weight management classes for older children.
Adult Nutrition Classes for heart health, weight management and pre-diabetes.
Nutrition Counseling for Cancer Patients.
Diabetes Education and Events, including medical nutrition therapy for diabetes.
Bariatric Support Groups.

For more information, visit EatRight.org.

Recipe Hub

Sutter Health's team of doctors and dietitians have come together to provide patients with tools to cook healthy and delicious meals.

Healthy Recipe video's and PDF's

Education and Support

Classes and Events

Attend an adult nutrition class to help manage weight, reduce heart disease risk or cope with prediabetes.

Youth Nutrition Program/5-2-1-0

Provides nutrition and activity guidelines to help school kids and families make healthier choices.

Ask a Nutrition Expert

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Food and Nutrition Research

Food and nutrition research examines such topics as the associations and effects of foods and nutrients on health, dietary patterns in society, molecular nutrition, health claims on foods or nutritional effects of food composition and processing, or nutrition and economic.

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