Outpatient Nutrition Services

Meeting with a UM Health-Sparrow outpatient dietitian, you can expect to create an individualized strategy to reach your health and weight management goals. We aim to build a trusting partnership with you and do not believe that one size fits all when it comes to nutrition. Whether you are seeking to improve your relationship or change your eating patterns to improve health, we will provide guidance and support while incorporating foods that fit your lifestyle. You can be assured that UM Health-Sparrow Dietitians will use evidence based guidelines and communicate with your health care team along the way.

We can help you manage your:

• Weight
• Blood lipid profile
• Blood sugar
• Food allergies and sensitivities
• Blood pressure
• Nutritional needs during pregnancy
• Meals for a busy family lifestyle
• Food choices for energy and health
• Food choices when eating out
• Sports nutrition needs

Providing high quality nutritional care for adults and children, including:

• Diabetes, pre-diabetes, and other endocrine disorders
• Cardiovascular disease
• Kidney disease
• Cancer
• Enteral nutrition therapy
• Eating disorders
• Celiac disease and other gastrointestinal disorders
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Integrative and functional nutrition

Personalized nutrition consultation or programs can be arranged by calling 517-364-2387.

UM Health-Sparrow Professional Building
1200 E. Michigan Ave., Suite 705
Lansing, MI 48912

Insurance coverage for medical nutrition therapy varies by insurance plan.

Many insurance providers will cover medical nutrition therapy with a physician referral, and some plans may not require a physician referral.

Upon receiving your referral, our office will work to verify if your insurance offers a benefit for this service or if another method of payment is available.

UM Health-Sparrow offers individual nutrition counseling for children and their family care providers for the following:

• Diabetes, Type I and Type II
• Metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes
• Childhood overweight
• Failure to thrive
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Food allergies
• Celiac disease
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Constipation
• Anemia
• Infant/toddler feeding
• Vegetarianism
• Congenital heart disease
• Tube feeding management

Appointments:

If your child/patient is seen by one of the pediatric subspecialty physicians, another pediatrician or family practice physician, please call 517-364-5490 to schedule a nutrition education appointment.