Nutrition Counseling
Appointments:
Individual Nutrition appointments can be scheduled online or Join the Line to speak with the Appointments Desk.
Initial consultations are 50 minutes and follow-up appointments are typically 30-45 minutes at Student Health.
**Food records are appreciated at appointments**
Meet our Nutrition Specialists
Appointments are with UCSB Student Health nutrition experts, both of whom have earned advanced degrees and are Registered Dietitians:
- J. Betsy Malear, MS, RDN
- Carrie Flack, MS, RDN
Nutrition Services:
Services range from counseling for long-term health, dietary intervention for high cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes, hypertension, sports performance issues, and working with disordered eating concerns.
Insurance Coverage:
Student Health offers comprehensive nutrition services that are covered by:
- Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) or
- Gaucho Access Plan (GAP)*
Students who waived these options will incur a fee for this service.
The goals of nutrition counseling at UCSB are to help you:
- have a healthy relationship with food
- learn fact from fiction
- develop a more positive body image
