Nourishment with purpose: our approach to nutrition in eating disorder care
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Mindfulness, evidence-based practices, and individualized care guide our approach to nutrition in eating disorder recovery.
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Rooted in food-first, mindful care
Monte Nido encompasses multiple brands, each with its own uniqueness to meal planning. Despite these variances, our nutrition philosophy and approach remain consistent: we are a food-first organization rooted in mindfulness and informed by evidence-based practices. Our nutrition philosophy strives to challenge harmful norms through weight-inclusive care, identifying and healing the body’s needs, addressing challenges and fear foods, increasing sensory awareness, and moving towards values over judgement.
A behavior-focused approach to recovery
Our approach is behavior-focused, utilizing developmentally appropriate, repeated meal and snack exposures, and guided by caregiver and community involvement. At Monte Nido, we believe that individualized, compassionate care is at the heart of eating disorder recovery.
Support from registered dietitians
Our team of Registered Dietitians (RDs) work across multiple specialized programs and play a crucial role in helping our clients achieve a full and lasting recovery. Through multiple weekly interactions, our clients work with dietitians on individual goals and create meal plans that are inclusive, medically informed, and respectful of each client’s unique and specific needs.
Nutrition approach across our brands
At our higher levels of care at Monte Nido Walden and Monte Nido Rosewood, we offer an exchange-based nutrition approach. This allows for flexibility and reinforces a non-threatening approach to eating a wide variety of foods.
At Monte Nido and Monte Nido Clementine, our nutrition approach is based on visual plating and increasing internal awareness of hunger/fullness cues.
What can clients expect?
Individualized and collaborative meal plans
Staff-supported meals and snacks
Varied and inclusive menus
Exposures including restaurant outings and cooking groups at some sites
Cultural and medical dietary accommodations
Weekly nutrition counseling and educational groups for clients and caregivers
We recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to recovery and embrace the uniqueness of our family of programs
to meet the needs
of all individuals.
Learn more about our nutrition philosophy & start your recovery
Please reach out here
or call
888-228-1253
to speak confidentially with one of our eating disorders specialists to start the road to recovery.