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Nutrition Services

The Claremont Colleges Nutrition Services strives to provide individualized nutrition counseling and support for various health and nutrition-related concerns. Our Nutrition Service’s providers offer support for students struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns, giving them a greater chance at recovery on campus. Nutrition Services contributes to the student’s overall success at The Claremont Colleges by helping students improve their relationship with food, their bodies, and movement, allowing them to focus more on school, relationships, life, and values.

Contact Nutrition Services

Hours | Monday – Thursday 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Appointments
Nutrition Services appointments are available only via Student Health Services (SHS) or Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services (MCAPS) provider referral. To get started, please call SHS or MCAPS to schedule a provider visit.
SHS Phone | (909) 621-8222
MCAPS Phone | (909) 621-8202

Nutrition Services Office
330 E 8th St.
Claremont, CA, 91711

Nutrition Services Factsheet
Eating Disorder Referral/ Resource Guide

Nutrition Services believes in body liberation, weight neutrality and that all bodies, shapes, and sizes should be celebrated and valued. Our dietitians center a client’s lived experiences by providing safe, respectful, and individualized care. Using a non-diet approach encourages clients to look beyond physical characteristics to determine overall health. Students will learn body attunement and unlearn harmful diet culture beliefs and messages to have a more peaceful relationship with food, their body, and movement.

Non-Diet Dietitian Approach
A Non-Diet Dietitian approach focuses on behavior changes regardless of weight status. Weight neutrality means you are more than your body, more than a number. It is the belief that a person’s health status, risk level, or quality of life cannot be assumed based solely on a number on a scale. Evidence has shown that this approach effectively promotes lasting behavior change while minimizing weight stigma.

Overview

  • One-on-One Nutrition Therapy
  • Follow Up Appointments
  • Medical Nutrition Therapy
  • Meal/Snack & Dining Hall Support
  • Eating Disorder Recovery Support
  • Groups/Talks/Workshops

  • Eating Disorders
  • Disordered Eating
  • Healing From Dieting & Diet Culture
  • Intuitive Eating

  • Weight Neutral
  • Body Affirming
  • Non-Diet
  • Client Centered
  • Trauma Informed
  • Compassionate, Caring & Curious
  • Non-Judgemental
  • Fat Positive
  • Neurodivergent-Affirming
  • LGBTQIA+ Affirming

Office Resources

Meet Nutrition Services Staff

Upcoming Events

What to Expect

An assessment takes approximately 50-60 minutes and will likely continue over a few sessions. The assigned Dietitian will compassionately ask questions about one’s history and current relationship with food, body, and movement and learn your needs. Assessments take place in the warm and inviting Nutrition Services office. Snacks are encouraged and welcomed during sessions.

Follow-up sessions will look different for everyone but will continue the work discussed during the original assessment. Sessions will typically take 30-45 minutes and occur as needed and available.

  • Regularity, adequacy, variety, eating socially, spontaneity
  • Learning how to fine-tune hunger & fullness awareness.
  • Exploring the different types of hunger
  • Letting go of rigid food rules & reject diet mentality.
  • Finding satisfaction, joy, and pleasure through eating

This varies per person and individual needs. Some students may be scheduled weekly, and others may get their needs met in 1-2 sessions.