Pediatric Outpatient Nutrition Services

Cardon Children's Pediatric Outpatient Nutrition Services provides individualized nutritional counseling for pediatric patients and their families. Registered dietitians are trained to assess and treat a wide range of nutritional issues for infants, children and adolescents.

Medical nutrition therapy includes:

Complete assessment of the child’s overall nutritional status
Assessment of the family’s understanding
Personalized treatment plan

Ongoing nutritional consults are available for more chronic nutritional needs. Many insurance companies now include medical nutrition therapy in their health insurance plans.

Children with the following nutritional needs are most commonly referred to our Pediatric Outpatient Nutrition program:

Obesity
Diabetes
Cancer
Hypertension
Failure to thrive
Dyslipidemias
Vegetarian diets

Food allergies
Celiac disease
GI disorders
Renal disease
Enteral nutritional support requirements
Infant feeding concerns
Patients requiring NICU graduate follow-up

Appointments

To schedule an appointment, call (480) 684-7500 and select Option 5. Physician referral may be required. Download this printable referral form.

Coming in for an appointment? Download this Printable 3-Day Food Record.