Nutrition Counseling and Services at Cornell

We are fortunate to have a number of excellent resources related to nutrition, weight management, eating problems, and special food plans, right here at Cornell.

• Cornell Healthy Eating Program (CHEP): The Cornell Health Eating Program (CHEP) provides high quality, integrated nutrition, medical, and psychological services under one roof at Gannett to work with nutrition as well as eating problems of undergraduate and graduate students in the Cornell community; 607 255-5155.
• Cornell Dining: Has managers, dietitians, and chefs who can answer questions about food, special diets and meal planning at the campus dining halls. Ask at the dining halls or contact Cornell Dining at 201 Robert Purcell Community Center; 607255-8582.
• EARS (Empathy Assistance and Referral Service): Cornell students provide walk-in and telephone peer counseling and referral service, as well as outreach programs on request. Contact EARS at 211 Willard Straight Hall; 607 255-EARS.
• Cornell Fitness Centers offers nutrition analysis and classes for students who are members.
• Wellness Program at Helen Newman Hall: offers information, workshops, classes and nutrition counseling for faculty and staff (some programs open to students); call 607 254-2985 or 255-3886.
  

Nutrition Counseling and Services in the Community

The community surrounding Cornell provides many resources for nutrition. Staff and non-students, in particular, may wish to make use of these services.

• Cayuga Center for Healthy Living (at Island Heath and Fitness Center) offers individual nutrition counseling, diabetes education, and weight loss classes in partnership with Cayuga Medical Center; 252-3590.
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County is an excellent resource for educational materials and programs; 607 272-2292.
  
• Food Addicts in Recovery: free, confidential 12-step peer support group for people with food addiction; 607 387-8329.
• Green Cuisine: Michele Wilbur (RD, CDN) provides nutrition counseling and support through her private practice, "Green Cuisine."
• Ithaca Nutrition Solutions: Cindy Milner (MSEd, RD) provides an "intuitive eating" approach to nutrition counseling; 607 277-2049.
• Lifetime Nutrition Services: Nancy Peckinpaugh (MS, RD, CDE) provides individual consultation and workshops on general nutrition and special concerns throughout the life cycle, including sports nutrition, pregnancy, weight management, and diabetes control; 607 272-1297. 
• Nutrition Action Associates: Susan Travis (MS, RD) provides counseling on weight management, eating disorders, athletic performance, special diets; workshops available; 607 533-4870.
  
• Nutrition Clinic of Elmira: Carolyn Hodges (MS, RD) and associates offer comprehensive treatment for eating disorders; 607 732-5646.
• Nutrition Counseling: Cathy J. Saloff-Coste (MS, RD, CDN) provides nutrition counseling and support for eating disorders, healthy weight management, sports nutrition, and healthy vegetarian meal planning; 607 277-2053.
• Nutrition and Wellness Counseling: Lewis Freedman (RD) provides nutrition, stress management, lifestyle coaching; has experience with vegetarian diets; 607 539-6673.
• Overeaters Anonymous (OA): free, confidential 12-step peer support group for people with weight or eating problems; local meetings: 607 387-8253.
• Weight Watchers: group for weight loss run by a trained leader that meets on and off campus; there is a weekly fee; 800 234-8080.

Local Food Assistance

• Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County provides a list of food pantries and free community meals in the area; 211 Tompkins live chat available online or call 211 (877-211-8667 if using cell phone).
• Loaves and Fishes serves daily meals at the soup kitchen at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ithaca; 607 272-5457.
• Nutrition Outreach and Education Program at Catholic Charities provides free and confidential prescreening for the Food Stamp Program; 607 272-5062 ext. 21.
• Tompkins County Department of Social Services provides Food Stamps for low-income households to purchase food; 607 274-5343.
• WIC (Women, Infants and Children) Nutrition Program; 607 274-6630.
  

Programs, Workshops, and Training

In addition to the resources listed in this category, you may also find speakers from other organizations listed in this website.

• Cornell Healthy Eating Program (CHEP): Provides outreach to Cornell students and staff in the form of programs, workshops, consulting and training. CHEP collaborates with other campus groups in bringing speakers and promoting programs on campus and locally. CHEP can help arrange a speaker, suggest a video for discussion, or plan a bulletin board for your residence hall. 
  

  Workshops can be designed for your group on a range of nutrition topics, (e.g., nutrition and health, sports nutrition, body image, vegetarianism, eating problems, how to help a friend).

  To consult about creating a workshop, contact Gannett Health Promotion on Level 3 at Gannett, or phone 607 255-4782. For best results, plan ahead by at least a few weeks and consider the following:

  • Topics or concerns you would like addressed  

  • Audience interest and background level   

  • Audience size   

  • Preferred dates, times, location   

  • Ideas for advertising and promoting the event   

  • Plans for ongoing education or follow-up on the topic
    

If you are concerned about a particular individual with an eating problem, a workshop might not be the best strategy. A caring approach with that person is usually most effective.  For more information on this topic, go to How to Help a Friend.

• Division of Nutritional Sciences: has many resources for programs, including student speakers from the Nutrition Club in addition to academic staff.
• EARS (Empathy Assistance and Referral Service): offers outreach programs; 211 Willard Straight Hall, 607 255-EARS.
• Wellness Program at Helen Newman Hall: offers information, workshops and classes; call 607 254-2985.
  

National Resources

• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is dedicated to providing education, resources and support to those affected by eating disorders.
• National Organization for Women (NOW) Foundation's Love Your Body Campaign encourages women and girls to celebrate their bodies and reject the narrow beauty ideals endorsed in the media. Check out the new project: Let's Talk About It.
  
• Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.

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