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# Nutrition Counseling

Nutrition counseling provides personalized guidance to individuals who are at nutritional risk because of their health or nutritional history, dietary intake, chronic illness, or medication use. Nutrition programs can find resources and best practices for creating a supportive counseling process where goals and priorities are set, and the individual takes responsibility for self-care. 

## Briefs

                    - Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Society for Nutrition  Education and Behavior:  Food and Nutrition Programs for Community-Residing  Older Adults — Older adults should have access to evidence-based food  and nutrition programs (access available to members of The Academy of Nutrition  and Dietetics through jandonline.org login)
                    - Virtual Nutrition Counseling —  Today's Dietitian  article about meeting the growing   demand for telehealth services
                    - Registered Dietitian vs. Nutritionist  — All dietitians are nutritionists, but not all  nutritionists are registered dietitians — learn the difference

## Tools & Toolkits

                    - Find a Registered Dietitian — Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics tool to locate food and nutrition experts in your area
                    - Medical Nutrition Therapy Works for Seniors  — Resource guide for registered dietitians and senior nutrition program administrators                       - Making the Case for Nutrition Therapy 
                    - Nutrition Care for the Patient with Long COVID — Dietitians on Demand blog on how registered dietitians can help participants with long COVID
                    - Nutrition Counseling for the AAA and LSP  — Guide to nutrition counseling for AAAs and local service providers working with OAA Title III programs                       - AAA and LSP YouTube Playlist 
                    - Nutrition Counseling for the RD  — Guide to nutrition counseling for registered dietitians working with OAA Title III programs                       - RD YouTube Playlist 
                    - TechSAge Tool — Guidelines for delivering wellness programs to older adults with disabilities via video conferencing
                    - Hawai'i Foods — Nutrient database of common foods enjoyed by various cultural and ethnic communities in Hawai'i

*Last modified on 01/11/2024*

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