Improve your eating habits to help prevent or treat disease – gaining more control over your own health.

Nutrition counseling at Ballad Health guides you, based on your own lifestyle, in what, when and how to eat for your specific health condition.

This ongoing service is one of the simplest ways to help improve your food choices and your health.

Conditions we treat

Ask a doctor about nutrition counseling if you or your child has:

• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Digestive issues, including irritable bowel syndrome
• Eating disorders
• Failure to thrive (FTT)
• Food allergies or intolerances, such as celiac disease
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure or high cholesterol
• Kidney disease
• Malnutrition
• Overweight or obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Prediabetes
• Trouble swallowing

Nutrition counseling can help you enjoy a healthy pregnancy. This service is also beneficial if you’re preparing for bariatric (weight-loss) surgery.

Meet with a nutritionist or dietitian

You'll meet one-on-one with a registered dietitian nutritionist to talk about your medical history, eating habits, lifestyle, goals, and food preferences.

Depending on your needs, you might learn how to:

• Cook tasty, healthy food that’s easy to eat
• Make healthy choices at a grocery store or restaurant
• Plan meals that include the nutrients you need
• Read food labels
• Snack wisely

Outpatient Medical Nutrition Therapy Clinics

Ballad Health Outpatient MNT clinics provide nutritional therapy for a variety of conditions, including:

• Routine wellness
• Diabetes and prediabetes
• Heart disease
• Weight management
• Digestive issues
• Kidney disease
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Malnutrition

Tennessee

• Johnson City Medical Center (Adult and pediatric nutrition therapy)
  400 N State of Franklin Rd
  Johnson City, TN 37604
  Adult nutrition hours – Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  Pediatric nutrition hours – Wednesdays, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Greeneville Community Hospital
  1420 Tusculum Blvd
  Greeneville, TN 37745
  Hours – Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
  851 Locust St
  Rogersville, TN 37857
  Hours – Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Sycamore Shoals Hospital
  1501 W Elk Ave
  Elizabethton, TN 37643
  Hours – Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Virginia

• Norton Community Hospital
  100 15th St NW
  Norton, VA 24273
  Hours – Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Russell County Hospital
  58 Carroll St
  Lebanon, VA 24266
  Hours – Fridays, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Smyth County Community Hospital
  245 Medical Park Dr
  Marion, VA 24354
  Hours – Mondays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Wednesday through Thursdays 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays at 11 a.m.

Scheduling an appointment

Schedule an appointment at one of our MNT clinics by calling our centralized scheduling office at 1-800-659-6762.

If your doctor would like to refer you to a Ballad Health MNT clinic, please have them print our referral form and fax it to (423) 431-1886.

Referring a patient using Epic

Providers with access to Epic scheduling can refer a patient through Epic. For more information, download our Epic scheduling tip sheet.

Other resources for patients

• The Wellness Center
• FitOne Fitness Center
• Metabolic, Weight Management & Lifestyle Center
• Diabetes care and education

Enjoy a healthy lifestyle

Make nutrition counseling part of a healthy lifestyle plan. Take advantage of a wide range of Ballad Health classes and programs throughout East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia as well as healthy living resources for your whole family.