Nutrition care at a clinic

When this service may help

If you need help with:

• Eating well for your health
• Weight loss that you did not plan
• Trouble swallowing
• Food allergies or intolerances
• An eating disorder
• Anemia or another blood condition
• Celiac disease
• Heart, kidney, liver or lung conditions
• Stomach or bowel conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
• Another ongoing health condition affected by food or nutrition

How to begin

Talk to your doctor or health-care provider if you have a health condition affected by food or nutrition. They can discuss your care options and send a referral if this service is right for you.

Food Records:

• Pediatric 3 Day Food Record

Additional program supports

811 - HealthLink BC

Referral not required. Call 8-1-1, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to speak with a dietitian.

Private dietitian counselling

• BC Dietitians
• Dietitians of Canada

Community health services

Patients eligible or already connected with Community Health Services for nutrition counselling (seniors, homebound, palliative patients, patients already receiving services with Home and Community Care)

Call the Community Access Line:

South Island: 250-388-2273 / 1-888-533-2273 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Centre Island: 250-739-5749 / 1-877-734-4101 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
North Island: 250-331-8570 / 1-866-928-4988
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Diabetes education centres

Diabetes education centres support type 1, 2 and gestational diabetes.

Eating Disorders Clinic

Patients must:

• Have a diagnosed eating disorder such as Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), or Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED)
• Be working with a counsellor or therapist

Referrals must be completed by a physician, nurse practitioner, pediatrician, or psychiatrist.

Chronic renal failure

Kidney care locations.

Patients referred to, or followed by, a nephrologist (e.g., Stage 3-4 or GFR <30)

General cancer and oncology

Inspire Health - supportive cancer care including free registered dietitian counselling.