Nutrition
At ICON Health and Fitness our goal of nutrition counseling is to help each individual make and maintain dietary changes. Fitness and nutrition go hand and hand. For optimal health both are needed for overall health and to help one reach their individual goals. ICON takes ones nutrition seriously and designs individually by:

Assessing dietary habits: Nutrition counseling usually begins with an interview in which the counselor asks questions about a person's typical food intake.

Assessing body weight: Nutrition counselors may assess an individual's body weight by comparing his or her weight to various weight-for-height tables.

Identifying changes needed: The initial dietary assessment and interview provide the basis for identifying behaviors that need to be changed.

Identifying barriers to change: Once the needed changes have been identified, the client and nutrition counselor think through potential problems that may arise.

Setting goals: The nutrition counselor and client set behavior-oriented goals together. Goals should focus on the behaviors needed to achieve the desired dietary change, not on an absolute value, such as achieving a certain body weight.

Finding support: Family members are encouraged to attend nutrition counseling sessions with the client, especially if they share responsibility for food selection and preparation.

Maintaining changes: The challenge for the nutrition client lies not in making the initial dietary changes, but in maintaining them over the long term. Self-monitoring, realistic expectations, and continued follow-up can help a person maintain dietary changes.