Online nutrition clinic

A supervised student-run online clinic offering dietary advice
Person at laptop - showing idea of online nutrition clinic
The online nutrition clinic is run by dietetics students with supervision from registered dietitians. The clinic provides free dietary advice to help people improve their health and wellbeing and is offered to University of Plymouth staff, the local community, and wider afield through social media.
Students provide advice on areas such as food and mood, gut dysfunction, nutrition in later life, nutrition for a healthy heart, nutrition and the menopause, healthy eating on a budget, nutritional adequacy, and weight management.
When people sign up, they are asked to complete and return a 3-day food diary and provide some information on the advice they would like to receive prior to their online appointment. The online nutrition clinic is run virtually in a confidential space. The student dietitian will carry this out via Microsoft teams and is joined virtually by the service user.
The clinic supports the development of leadership and mentorship skills in our students as well as allowing the students to practice their consultation skills and gain placement hours.

  • (Location: Online clinic