Springfield Clinic to provide dietetics & nutrition services in Lincoln

[March 01, 2013]  Amanda Novy, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., a registered dietitian with Springfield Clinic, will provide additional services in Lincoln as part of Springfield Clinic's Outreach Specialty Services program.

Registered dietitians are experts in food and nutrition who can translate the science of nutrition into practical solutions for healthy living. With their nutrition expertise, they can help individuals make unique, positive lifestyle changes.

Education and nutritional counseling is provided for but not limited to:

• Diabetes

• Heart disease

• Hypertension

• High cholesterol

• Adult and pediatric weight management

• Metabolic syndrome

• Food allergies

• Kidney disease

• Eating disorders

• Athletic performance

• Healthy aging and wellness

• Women's health

• Gestational diabetes

• Digestive disorders

Novy received her training in dietetics at Illinois State University in Normal. She offers comprehensive nutritional assessment, education and counseling, with special interests in the areas of weight management, women's health, heart disease and diabetes. Her personal technique in helping patients improve their quality of life at any stage involves motivation, accountability, evidenced-based practice and positive guidance.

Novy will provide services at Springfield Clinic Lincoln, 100 Stahlhut Drive, every first Thursday of each month.

To make an appointment, call her Springfield office at 217-528-7541. For more information, visit www.springfieldclinic.com/dietetics.

Springfield Clinic's Outreach program offers patients convenient and local access to medical experts in more than 20 specialty fields. By partnering with local primary care physicians and hospital specialty clinics, patients can be seen for preventive, preoperative and postoperative care, as well as have procedures and surgeries normally reserved for hospitals in Springfield performed in the local hospital environment instead, where available. For more information, go to www.springfieldclinic.com/outreach.

Springfield Clinic is a progressive, physician-owned and operated multi-specialty medical group, with nearly 350 physicians and midlevel providers practicing in nearly 40 medical specialties. Springfield Clinic currently employs more than 1,900 clinical and administrative staff members, serving a population of nearly 1 million patients throughout the central Illinois region. As one of the largest private, multi-specialty medical clinics in Illinois, Springfield Clinic is a leader in quality, service and technology. For more information, go to www.springfieldclinic.com.

[Text from file received from Springfield Clinic]