Nutritional therapy

We provide advice and guidance in matters related to diet.

We offer our clients nutritional therapy when the variety in the client’s diet needs to be monitored, for example due to a disease or special dietary requirements.

Nutritional therapists offer counselling to clients of all ages.

We hope that clients and their families are willing to discuss their eating habits and are motivated to continue with the treatment. Our goal is to offer timely treatment and, at the same time, take the client’s strengths and life situation into account.

The service incurs a fee for clients aged 18 and above. The fee for an appointment with a nutritional therapist is EUR 17.30 per appointment or remote appointment.

The client receives a referral from the healthcare professional involved in their treatment, and if all necessary criteria are met, the referral will be sent to the nutritional therapy unit. If need be, the unit sending the referral may consult the nutritional therapy unit.

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If you want to make an appointment with a nutritional therapist, please contact your local health centre.

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Downloadable files

Download file: Food diary.Food diary

How to fill in the food diary

Fill in everything you eat during one usual day, or during 2–3 days. One of the days should be a Saturday or a Sunday, and 1–2 days should be weekdays. Write in as much detail as you can, as shown in the example below.
Make a note of what you or your child eats or drinks immediately, to make sure that not even the smallest snacks are forgotten.
Also fill in the date and the time when you start eating or drinking.
Fill in everything you eat and drink during the selected days. Also include products such as soft drinks and sweets.
Enter one foodstuff per row.
Use cooking measures (dl, tbsp., tsp., slices, pieces) or grams to indicate the amounts.
Use the “place” column to mark down the place where you ate, for example home, day care, a school canteen, a staff canteen, someone else’s home, a cafe.
If appropriate, fill in the column about mood, hunger and company.

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Food diary

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