Community Nutritionist

Community Nutritionists and Dietitians in the St. Louis Area, Missouri, and Illinois

Improve your Health and Overall Wellbeing with the Support of a Community Dietitian Nutritionist

What is a community nutritionist?

A community nutritionist promotes health and disease prevention in their communities. Community nutrition is a distinct branch of dietetics concentrated on providing education and resources tailored to the community’s requirements.

Its mission encompasses instructing individuals on the significance of healthy diets and behaviors while also encouraging community awareness regarding their health needs.

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What does a community nutritionist do?

At Branz Nutrition, we are weight-inclusive dietitians who advocate for a Health At Every Size® approach using intuitive eating concepts to nourish our bodies and our children, all in an effort to prevent disordered eating and/or eating disorders.

We use evidence-based treatments to improve many disease states, advocate for weight diversity, and work to keep our clients from falling victim to diet schemes, fads, and gimmicks.

We can work with your community, providing nutrition education tailored to your organization’s needs. Whether you’re educators, camp counselors, or coaches looking to learn more about eating disorder prevention, families looking for ways to improve nutrition status, or corporations looking to improve employee wellness, contact us. We can develop programs and counsel your community on food, health, and nutrition.

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What can a community nutritionist do to address disparities?

At Branz Nutrition, we are passionate about communicating the anti-diet, Health At Every Size® -message to our community. We as a culture have struggled for so long with this idea that thinner = healthier, and it’s absolutely not true. We are committed to size-inclusivity in all spheres of life: health, work, school, and culture. We educate, advocate, and participate in the vast community of healthcare providers that honor all bodies, providing everyBODY with quality, compassionate treatment.

When we can empower one person to feel assured in their skin regardless of their size, we feel confident that one person will help to change another person’s mindset and the domino effect begins. FOOD FREEDOM FOR ALL! 🙂

Our Team of Dietitian Nutritionists in the Greater St. Louis Area

Branz Nutrition Counseling is a team of certified eating disorder dietitians who provide compassionate care to those struggling with their relationship to food. Our approach is weight-inclusive, LGBTQIA+, and social justice-oriented, which means that we believe that everyone deserves access to quality care.

We can’t wait to meet you!

With locations in Illinois and Missouri, we offer both virtual and in-person counseling sessions. And, we are licensed to provide Telehealth nutrition therapy to patients around the country.

We see clients in person in the St. Louis area, Missouri, Illinois, and from around the country via Telehealth. Learn more here.

We help individuals and families heal their relationships with food and body through compassionate, weight-inclusive care—supporting eating disorder recovery and managing chronic conditions like PCOS, diabetes, and heart disease using Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size principles.

Gwendoline Balto

MS, RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Andrew Youck

MS, RD, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Brianna Becherer

MS, RDN, LDN, CPT

Registered Dietitian
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Laura Bradfield

RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
Saint Louis Lead
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Michelle Wilson

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS-C, CIEC

Registered Dietitian
Associate Clinical Manager
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Erica Branz

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS

Founder and Registered Dietitian
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How It Works – An Easy Three-Step Process to Get You on the Road to Recovery

Make An Appointment

What service do you need? We offer a range of appointments of different durations to best fit your needs.

Meet with your Personal Dietitian

Be paired with the dietitian nutritionist on our team and get continued support with one of our online groups. One-on-one counseling, in-person, or virtual. WE TAKE INSURANCE!

Take Control of Your Life

Heal your relationship with food and your body. Choose the best foods for your unique needs. Get the tools you need to live a healthy life. Receive continued support.

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Schedule for Illinois Residents

Note: In order to secure a spot on a dietitian’s schedule, we need a valid payment method on file.

Our Testimonials

Thank you for choosing us as the Best Dietitian Practice in STL (2023)

by T, Saint Louis, MO

Wasn’t expecting that response, you are the first dietitian that looked at the good and not my one bad day.

by E, Saint Louis, MO

Thanks for helping me think about food differently and providing guidance regarding how to select carbs. Also, thanks for helping me recognize that the evolution would take several months to come to a ‘new normal’.

by C, Saint Louis, MO

I truly appreciate the encouragement and hearfelt, genuine concern you have for me. Your counsel and empathy have meant a great deal and helped keep me going during difficult times.

“For most of my life, I have correlated the size of my body to being loved and accepted. The smaller I am, the more lovable and acceptable I am. Giving up the dieting, the rules, and the noise has given me the freedom to trust, appreciate and accept love from others as well as myself”.

by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO

I am truly grateful we found you to be he nutritionist. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO

Thank you for the caring devoted service and gentle compassion you have shown “S” over the years.

by Mother of a Patient

I can’t thank you enough for all you have done for us. I know we will continue to deal with food issues but at least I see hope. I honestly don’t know how L(or myself) could have got through the past year without you. You literally are a lifesaver!! You are an amazing dietitian!!.

by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO

Also, again, thank you for being so kind to “A”. She usually does not like seeing “doctor like people”, but she actually enjoys coming to see you, so that says a lot.